Vehicles grew 15 times in 20 yrs
KATHMANDU, April 24:
The number of vehicles in the country has grown 15 times in the last two decades. According to Department of Transport Management (DoTM), number of vehicles has reached 11,26,763 in the first eight months of the current fiscal year from 75,141 in 1989-90.
As per the data, the country witnessed a slow growth in public and private transport before 1990-91. Only 75,141 vehicles were registered in the country in 82 years since 1908, the year when the first vehicle plied on mud roads of the Kathmandu valley. The first vehicle entered Nepal (Kathmandu) in 1908 in the regime of Prithivi Bir Bikram Shah. People did not have access to vehicles in Nepal until 1950.
Only king, ministers and elite close to the ruling Rana family had vehicles that counted in dozens. Vehicles plying on Nepali roads in early days were Ford (Model B-1930), Ford (Model-1 1931), Flying Saloon (1936) and Willys jeep (1944). After 1950, public vehicles start plying on the roads but their number was limited. There were around 3,000 vehicles in Nepal in 1960. According to DoTM, vehicle registration doubled in 1990-91 with 76,378 new vehicles in a single year.
Economic liberalism and open market policy of the government fuelled the growth of vehicles in the 1990s, said Krishna Prasad Dawadi, acting director general at the department. “Growth of private sector is the cause behind the growth,” he said. On an average, 15,000 vehicles entered in the country in the first five years of the 1990s and it grew to 20,000 in later half. The first year of decade 2001-2010 witnessed 28,280 new vehicles with average of 75,000 vehicles added every year. Vehicles entering into Nepal crossed 1,00,000 mark in 2007-08 with 1,02,570 new vehicles coming to Nepal that year. Next year 2,01,787 new vehicles were registered.
Around 1,11,492 new vehicles were registered in the first eight months of the current fiscal year. Though a robust growth in the number of new vehicles were registered in the country, the new vehicles were mostly bought by people in the central development region (Janakpur, Narayani and Bagmati zones). Over 72 per cent of all the vehicles ply in the region while only 2.76 per cent (31,196) vehicles are available for the far-western development region (Seti and Mahakali zones).
Among 11,26,763 vehicles plying in the country, two-wheelers constitute two-third of them. The number of motorcycles and scooters registered in the country is 8,39,683, followed by car, jeep and vans (1,19,059), power trailer (61,582), bus and minibus (34,223) and pick-up vans (9,215). Heavy vehicles like crane, dozer, excavator and truck counted 47,290.
Source: THT
The number of vehicles in the country has grown 15 times in the last two decades. According to Department of Transport Management (DoTM), number of vehicles has reached 11,26,763 in the first eight months of the current fiscal year from 75,141 in 1989-90.
As per the data, the country witnessed a slow growth in public and private transport before 1990-91. Only 75,141 vehicles were registered in the country in 82 years since 1908, the year when the first vehicle plied on mud roads of the Kathmandu valley. The first vehicle entered Nepal (Kathmandu) in 1908 in the regime of Prithivi Bir Bikram Shah. People did not have access to vehicles in Nepal until 1950.
Only king, ministers and elite close to the ruling Rana family had vehicles that counted in dozens. Vehicles plying on Nepali roads in early days were Ford (Model B-1930), Ford (Model-1 1931), Flying Saloon (1936) and Willys jeep (1944). After 1950, public vehicles start plying on the roads but their number was limited. There were around 3,000 vehicles in Nepal in 1960. According to DoTM, vehicle registration doubled in 1990-91 with 76,378 new vehicles in a single year.
Economic liberalism and open market policy of the government fuelled the growth of vehicles in the 1990s, said Krishna Prasad Dawadi, acting director general at the department. “Growth of private sector is the cause behind the growth,” he said. On an average, 15,000 vehicles entered in the country in the first five years of the 1990s and it grew to 20,000 in later half. The first year of decade 2001-2010 witnessed 28,280 new vehicles with average of 75,000 vehicles added every year. Vehicles entering into Nepal crossed 1,00,000 mark in 2007-08 with 1,02,570 new vehicles coming to Nepal that year. Next year 2,01,787 new vehicles were registered.
Around 1,11,492 new vehicles were registered in the first eight months of the current fiscal year. Though a robust growth in the number of new vehicles were registered in the country, the new vehicles were mostly bought by people in the central development region (Janakpur, Narayani and Bagmati zones). Over 72 per cent of all the vehicles ply in the region while only 2.76 per cent (31,196) vehicles are available for the far-western development region (Seti and Mahakali zones).
Among 11,26,763 vehicles plying in the country, two-wheelers constitute two-third of them. The number of motorcycles and scooters registered in the country is 8,39,683, followed by car, jeep and vans (1,19,059), power trailer (61,582), bus and minibus (34,223) and pick-up vans (9,215). Heavy vehicles like crane, dozer, excavator and truck counted 47,290.
Source: THT
