KMC to install 2,000 road lights

Kathmandu - The Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) is working to install 2,000 road lights in sensitive areas. For this, an agreement was signed between the KMC, Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) and Department of Roads on Thursday. The agreement was signed at the presence of Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Basanta Kumar Nembang and KMC Mayor Bidya Sundar Shakya.

As agreed, the lights would be installed on the roads from the Tribhuvan International Airport to New Baneshwor, Tripureshwor, Kalimati and Kalanki at the cost of Rs 170 million in the first phase. On the occasion, Minister Nembang said that the plan was forwarded as a move to illuminate the federal capital city and make it more systematic.