- Type
- Act
- Year
- २०५८ BS
- Status
- In force
- Category
- खण्ड ११: योजना, विकास तथा निर्माण · Volume 11: Planning, Development and Construction
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Includes amendments up to: 2066 BS. Translations may not include later amendments. The Nepali text is the authoritative law.
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Analysis drawn from official reports, court rulings and published research, each cited. Figures are being double-checked against the source documents; corrections are welcome.
What does it do?
- The Act sets up the Road Board, an autonomous body, to arrange road maintenance, reduce maintenance costs and make maintenance transparent and effective. The Board funds road agencies for maintenance on the basis of the annual maintenance programmes they submit, prepares an integrated annual maintenance programme, may arrange rehabilitation, reconstruction and upgrading of roads, and must prepare action plans to reduce maintenance costs. A share of the toll collected from a particular road must be spent on maintaining that road.सडकको मर्मत सम्भार गराउन, मर्मत खर्च घटाउन र मर्मतलाई पारदर्शी र प्रभावकारी बनाउन यो ऐनले स्वशासित संस्थाका रूपमा सडक बोर्ड स्थापना गरेको छ। सडक सम्बन्धी निकायले पेस गर्ने वार्षिक मर्मत कार्यक्रमका आधारमा बोर्डले मर्मतका लागि रकम उपलब्ध गराउँछ, एकीकृत वार्षिक कार्यक्रम बनाउँछ, सडकको पुनर्निर्माण, पुनःस्थापना र स्तरोन्नति गराउन सक्छ, र मर्मत खर्च घटाउने कार्ययोजना बनाउनुपर्छ। कुनै सडकबाट उठेको दस्तुरको तोकिएको प्रतिशत सोही सडकको मर्मतमा खर्च गर्नुपर्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Preamble, p. 1; Sections 3–5, pp. 3–4; Sections 14–16, p. 8
- The government may, by Gazette notice, levy road-user charges, a fuel levy, a charge on vehicle registration certificates and a charge on foreign-registered vehicles entering Nepal; the Board collects them, and may contract out collection of some charges. Its fund also receives government grants and other income and may be spent only on maintenance and related purposes. The Board's accounts are audited by the Auditor General, and it must submit an annual report.नेपाल सरकारले राजपत्रमा सूचना प्रकाशित गरी सडक उपभोग दस्तुर, इन्धन दस्तुर, सवारी दर्ता प्रमाणपत्र दस्तुर र विदेशमा दर्ता भई नेपाल प्रवेश गर्ने सवारी साधनमा दस्तुर लगाउन सक्छ; यी दस्तुर बोर्डले उठाउँछ, र केही दस्तुर अरू व्यक्ति वा संस्थामार्फत उठाउन सक्छ। बोर्डको कोषमा सरकारी अनुदान र अन्य आम्दानी पनि जम्मा हुन्छ र त्यो मर्मत सम्भार लगायतका तोकिएका काममा मात्र खर्च गर्न पाइन्छ। बोर्डको लेखापरीक्षण महालेखापरीक्षकबाट हुन्छ, र बोर्डले वार्षिक प्रतिवेदन पेस गर्नुपर्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 6–7, pp. 4–5; Sections 24–25, pp. 10–11; Section 27, p. 12; Section 37, p. 13
- The Board's work is run by an executive committee that includes, besides government members, representatives of the municipalities' association, the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, the Nepal Engineers' Association, transport operators, consumers and commercial farmers, with the Executive Director serving as its secretary.बोर्डको काम कार्यकारी समितिले चलाउँछ, जसमा सरकारी सदस्यबाहेक नगरपालिका संघ, नेपाल उद्योग वाणिज्य महासंघ, नेपाल इन्जिनियर्स एसोसिएसन, यातायात व्यवसायी, उपभोक्ता र व्यावसायिक कृषकका प्रतिनिधि रहन्छन्, र कार्यकारी निर्देशकले समितिको सचिवको काम गर्छन्। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Section 8, pp. 5–6; Sections 21–22, pp. 9–10
- Driving a vehicle without paying the charge can draw a fine of up to Rs 1,000, rising to Rs 5,000 for each repeat. Until the charge or fine is paid, the Board can ask the authorities to bar the vehicle from use, suspend its registration or permit, or suspend the driver's licence.दस्तुर नतिरी सवारी चलाएमा बोर्डले एक हजार रुपैयाँसम्म, र दोहोर्याएमा पटकैपिच्छे पाँच हजार रुपैयाँसम्म जरिबाना गर्न सक्छ। दस्तुर वा जरिबाना नतिरेसम्म बोर्डले त्यस्तो सवारी प्रयोगमा रोक लगाउन, दर्ता प्रमाणपत्र वा इजाजतपत्र स्थगित गर्न वा चालक अनुमतिपत्र निलम्बन गर्न सम्बन्धित निकायलाई लेखी पठाउन सक्छ। Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal Sections 28–30, p. 12
Gaps, loopholes and improvement ideas
- Not enforced Key duties under the Act are not carried out in practice. The Auditor General's performance audit of national highway maintenance found that there was no adequate policy and legal framework for road maintenance, and that provisions of the Road Board Act 2058, such as action plans to cut maintenance costs, spending the fund on road safety by priority, enforcing vehicle axle-load standards, and investigating and fining violations, had not been applied. It also reported that coordination, planning and quality control need strengthening, and that deadlines were repeatedly extended.ऐनका मुख्य दायित्व व्यवहारमा लागू भएका छैनन्। राष्ट्रिय राजमार्गको मर्मत सम्भार स्थितिबारे महालेखापरीक्षकको कार्यमूलक लेखापरीक्षणले सडक मर्मत सम्भारका लागि आवश्यक नीतिगत तथा कानूनी व्यवस्था नभएको, र सडक बोर्ड ऐन, २०५८ मा उल्लेख भएका मर्मत खर्च घटाउने कार्ययोजना बनाउने, कोषको रकम प्राथमिकताअनुसार सडक सुरक्षामा खर्च गर्ने, सवारी साधनको भारवहन मापदण्ड लागू गर्ने, अनुसन्धान गर्ने र नियम उल्लङ्घनमा जरिबाना गर्ने व्यवस्था व्यवहारमा लागू नभएको देखाएको छ। निकायबीच समन्वय, योजना र गुणस्तर नियन्त्रण सुदृढ गर्नुपर्ने र पटकपटक म्याद थप हुने प्रवृत्ति रहेको पनि उल्लेख छ। Office of the Auditor General, Nepal · Nepal Law Commission, Government of Nepal OAG 63rd Annual Report, chapter 3 summary, para 118 (performance audit of national highway maintenance), printed p. 51 (PDF pp. 81–82); Act s. 5(i)–(j), p. 4
- Capacity The Board's accounts and planning need strengthening. For FY 2081/82 the Auditor General could not confirm that the Board's financial statements were accurate because it used a mixed accounting system instead of the government cash system required by its rules; it had not recorded Rs 157.4 million due from road-toll contracts, carried a negative balance of Rs 2.31 billion, had not prepared the periodic integrated programme for road rehabilitation and safety, and had not recovered Rs 233.5 million in advances given to local governments and district coordination committees.बोर्डको लेखा र योजना सुदृढ गर्नुपर्ने अवस्थामा छन्। आ.व. २०८१/८२ मा नियमावलीले तोकेको सरकारी नगदमा आधारित लेखा प्रणालीको सट्टा मिश्रित प्रणाली अपनाएकाले बोर्डको वित्तीय विवरण यथार्थ भएको महालेखापरीक्षकले यकिन गर्न सकेन; सडक दस्तुर ठेक्काबाट उठ्नुपर्ने रु. १५ करोड ७४ लाख लेखाङ्कन गरिएको थिएन, वासलातमा रु. २ अर्ब ३० करोड ९६ लाख ऋणात्मक मौज्दात सारिएको थियो, सडक पुनःस्थापना र सुरक्षाका लागि आवधिक एकीकृत कार्यक्रम बनाइएको थिएन, र स्थानीय तह तथा जिल्ला समन्वय समितिलाई दिइएको रु. २३ करोड ३४ लाख पेस्की फर्छ्यौट भएको थिएन। Office of the Auditor General, Nepal OAG 63rd Annual Report, MoPIT chapter, Road Board Nepal, paras 74–77, printed pp. 342–343 (PDF pp. 374–375)
Ideas to fix it
- Keep accounts and report according to accepted accounting principles and standards, monitor the standard and quality of roads built and repaired, and recover or settle outstanding advances.मान्य लेखा सिद्धान्त र लेखामानअनुसार लेखाङ्कन र प्रतिवेदन गर्ने, निर्माण तथा मर्मत भएका सडकको मापदण्ड र गुणस्तरको अनुगमन गर्ने, र बाँकी पेस्की असुल फर्छ्यौट गर्ने। Proposed by: Office of the Auditor General (63rd Annual Report) Office of the Auditor General, Nepal
Where does it conflict with other laws?
No conflict with another law is documented in the sources we have reviewed so far.