2021-09-06
The Nepal Commercial Artists Association staged a demonstration in front of the Ekantakuna-based Transportation Management Office with various demands related to transportation. The association is agitated demanding the removal of the embossed number plate (camera-readable number plate). They stated that they are protesting against the loss of employment of artists and about Nepal's data going abroad when using embossed number plate
The demonstration was attended by public bus, microbus, tempo, taxi, light vehicle and tourist transport entrepreneurs. They demanded implementation of the Road Act, an extension of the 20-year term of vehicles, implementation of scientific fares, implementation of business-oriented insurance policy, and implementation of rules prohibiting vehicles with red number plates.
Violent / Non-violent | Nonviolent |
Event Duration | More than 1 day |
Primary Form | Demonstration |
Primary Cause | Other governance issues |
Actor 1 - Number of people | n/a |
Actor 1 - Affiliations | Transport entrepreneurs/syndicate |
Actor 1 - Youth | na |
Actor 2 - Number of people | n/a |
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Transport entrepreneurs/syndicate |
Actor 2 - Youth | na |
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