MP Karki urges immediate National Trauma Policy to curb road deaths
▸ Part of: MPs Urge Government Action on Road Safety, Disasters, and Economic Woes
Lawmaker Toshima Karki has urged the government to immediately formulate and implement a National Trauma Policy to address the rising number of road accident deaths, calling it a silent public health crisis. Speaking in the House of Representatives, she criticized the government's failure to ensure citizen safety on roads despite collecting taxes and building them, labeling it a moral and policy defeat. Karki emphasized the need for a "policy vaccine" to prevent daily road fatalities, drawing a parallel to COVID-19 vaccination campaigns.
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