Negligence government officials bowed their thumb, while walking on the pedestrian street in the dark. Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) and Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) - Two authorities responsible for blaming the light rather than fixing the problem.
Darka, surrounded by the country's VVIP road, leads to the offices of Prime Minister of Nepal and other Ministers, indicates what will be the status of light on other roads of the city.
KMC and NEA data sets 3,400 solar lamps in the valley, but many do not work and need repair.
While running Sumitra cold store in Bhadrakali for the last decade, 43-year-old Binu Shah said, "No light has worked here for the last six months."
KMC spokesman Gyanendra Karki said, "When the inquiry is done with the KMC, why do not the solar lamp be repaired?" The NEA has to maintain or replace the lamp in Singh Singh, we have not installed solar lamps. In the inner part, only the solar lamp is maintained. We repair those who do not work. "
In response to similar inquiries, NEA Project Manager Nantan Dev Bhattarai said, "The Authority does not work for the maintenance of the solar lamp." The NEA did not set up solar lamps in the Singh Durbar. "
Under the project of Asian Development Bank, NEA has set up 1,700 solar lamps in Kathmandu Valley, with an estimated cost of estimated cost of 250 million rupees.
The darkness has not only made the inconvenience to pedestrians in the night. It also created problems for the traffic police in the area.
Traffic Police Chief SSP Basant Pant said, "This is a very sensitive issue. Traffic police find it hard to work in the area because the solar lamp does not work. In the night at the Singh Darbar and Bhadrakali areas, police deployed half a dozen traffic police personnel. She goes
The government is also unable to replace two dozen solar lamps almost a decade old, which are inactive with the Singh Darbar-Putilisak Road.
Despite the report of the post highlighting the outrageous attitude of officials published on September 4, he has not replaced or repaired any single poor working solar lamp.
In 2016, KMC had signed an agreement with BK Traders and suppliers to install 1,285 solar-powered street lights in different parts of Kathmandu.
In June last year, the Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development had allocated 500 million to 143 municipalities in the county to establish 45,308 solar street lights with 1,00 km of roads across the country.
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