Incident Reports

Janakranti: NEA Office padlocked

2016-08-31

Nepal Electricity Authority distribution center at Mahendranagar has been padlocked. Nepal Kisan Party has padlocked the center within two month of the Authority's agreement with Maoist oriented student union regarding the electricity decrement. Kisan Party padlocked Mr. Ganesh Pandey's office who is the head of the Mahendranagar distribution office. According to leader of the Kisan Party, Gaurav Joshi, there has been irregularities in load-shedding, electricity meter reading, along with increment in electricity cost and other issues. The electricity distribution center has claimed of having no such irregularities. Kisan Party however states that locals have been fed up with the problems created by such irregularities. The party has warned to come to streets if their demands are not met. नेपाल विद्युत प्राधिकरण वितरण केन्द्र महेन्द्रनगरमा तालाबन्दी गरिएको छ । नेकपा माओवादी केन्द्र निकट अखिल क्रान्तिकारी विद्यार्थी संग विद्युत घटाऊने सहमति भएको झन्डै महिना दिन नपुग्दै फेरी नेपाल किसान पार्टिले तालाबन्दी गरेको छ । किसान पार्टिले विद्युत कार्यालय महेन्द्रनगरका प्रमुख गणेस पाण्डेको कार्यकक्षमा तालाबन्दी गरेको हो । किसान पार्टिका नेता गौरब जोशिले गाउँघरतिर अनियमित लोड्सेडीङ, विद्युत मिटरमा अनियमित रिडिङ, महसुल व्रिद्धी, ढिलासुस्ती विरुद्धमा तालाबन्दी गरिएको बताए । तर विद्युत कार्यलयले भने अनियमिता नभएको दावी गरेको छ । किसान पार्टिले भने विद्युतको अनियमिताका कारण उपभोक्ता हैरानमा परेको दावी गरेको छ । माग पुरा नगरे सडक आन्दोलनको चेतावनी दिएका छन् ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Event Duration More than 1 day
Primary Form Gherau/Dharna (sit-in)/padlocking
Primary Cause Issues related to the quality of public services (health, education etc.)and access to these services
Actor 1 - Number of people 30
Actor 1 - Affiliations Other/multiple/unspecified political affiliation
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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