Kathmandu, Feb. 6 -- In a bid to minimise the increasing number of accidents along the eight-lane Kalanki-Koteshwor road, the Metropolitan Traffic Police Division has started a week-long traffic awareness drive.

The 10.5km road section was widened by China. Chinese Ambassador to Nepal Hou Yanqi officially handed over the project to the Kathmandu Ring Road Improvement Project on January 28.

The road, which is wide and sleek, lacks basic amenities for pedestrians such as overhead bridges and zebra crossings. Some have even dubbed certain sections of the stretch "death trap".

The traffic division's recent data show 10 people were killed and 362 injured along the road section so far this fiscal year starting July 17, 2018. The report shows...