Incident Reports

Bikapla: Vegetable vendors shut down market to protest double taxation

2016-08-10

Vegetable market vendors stood up to protest the tax collection by Bhimdutta Municipality Office and Contractors. They shut down the market for three hours on Wednesday, August 10. According to vendors, they used to submit Rs 500 per day to the municipality but then they came up for protest after contractors also started to collect tax. भिमदत्त नगरपालिका कार्यालय र ठेकेदारले कर लिन थालेपछी सब्जिमन्डिका ब्यवसायी विरोधमा उत्रिएका छन् । उनीहरुले बुधवार तीन घण्टा मन्डी बन्द गरेका छन् । नगरपालिकाले मन्डिभित्रको तीन सेटबाट दैनिक पाँच सय भाडा लिदै आएकोमा पछील्लो पटक ठेकेदारले फडकर समेत लिन थालेपछी ब्यवसायी विरोधमा उत्रिएका हुन् ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Event Duration More than 1 day
Primary Form Strike/Bandh
Weapons None
Primary Cause Access/control of economic markets (syndicates, market relocation)
Actor 1 - Number of people 50
Actor 1 - Affiliations Protesters/demonstrators
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people NA
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Other state institutions
Actor 2 - Youth unknown

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