SARLAHI: A total of 29 people have died and 190 have been seriously injured in road accidents that took place in Sarlahi in the first six months of the current fiscal year.

During the period 641 road accidents involving small and large four-wheelers and motorcycles occurred, with most of the fatalities including motorcyclists and public vehicle passengers, aAccording to Chief of the District Traffic Police Office, Police Inspector Ashok Sah.

Accidents occur more often when drivers and pedestrians violate traffic rules. However, violation of traffic rules is significant with, Rs 4.8 million collected in revenue from action taken against drivers violating traffic rules.

Police Inspector Sah said that action was taken against those who did not have a driver’s license, were not wearing a helmet, were not carrying a travel permit, and were carrying passengers more than their capacity.

The police have been strictly monitoring to ensure the enforcement of provision of having two drivers in long-distance passenger buses. Of the 7,277 long-distance passenger buses monitored during the period 22 were found to have violated the rule, Sah said.