Incident Reports

Locals seeking municipality clash with police

2016-11-12

Lumbini, Bardiya, Bansagadhi

People demanding a municipality clashed with police at Bhurigaun in Bardiya as they tried to block the East-West Highway on Saturday. Police charged batons to disperse the locals who obstructed vehicular movement for an hour. At least seven people were injured in the clash. Superintendent of Police Tanka Bahadur Khatri said one constable was also hurt. People have been demanding that Babai, Suryapatuwa, Shivapur and Thakurdwar VDCs be brought together to form Thakurbaba Municipality. The technical committee of the Local Level Restructuring Committee proposed, after holding an all-party meeting, four municipalities and one village council in the district. However, the locals are dissatisfied at the proposal. Jiban Shahi, general secretary of the Bardiya Chamber of Commerce and Industry, said the recommendations made by the technical committee were unsatisfactory. “The committee lied to us,” he said. Local Development Officer Tejraj Sharma, coordinator of the district committee, said the area cannot be declared a municipality as its population is below 60,000. The protest has affected educational institutions, trade and business activities in Babai for the past three days. बबई नगरपालिकाको माग राख्दै तीन दिनदेखि आन्दोलनमा रहेका स्थानीय र प्रहरीबीच झडप भएको छ । झडपमा एक प्रहरी जवानसहित आठजना घाइते भएका छन् । बर्दियास्थित पूर्व-पश्चिम राजमार्गको भुरीगाउँमा राजमार्ग बन्द गराउने क्रममा प्रहरी र प्रदर्शनकारीबीच झडप भएको हो । प्रहरीको लाठीचार्जबाट बीपी भण्डारीसहित सातजना प्रदर्शनकारी घाइते भएका स्थानीय भावुक योगीले जानकारी गराए । प्रहरी नायव उपरीक्षक नेत्रमणि गिरीले बाटो खुलाउन सामान्य बल प्रयोग गरी उनीहरुलाई हटाएको बताए । उनका अनुसार प्रहरीले लाठीचार्ज नगरेको बरु प्रदर्शनकारीबाट ढुंगामूढा हुँदा प्रहरी जवान टंकबहादुर खत्री घाइते भए । खत्रीको चिउँडोमा चोट लागेको छ । प्रहरीले सडक अवरोध हटेको बताए पनि प्रदर्शनकारीले चक्काजाम जारी राखेका छन् । पहिले बबई नगरपालिकामा रहेको भुरीगाउँ नयाँ संरचनामा कुनै नगरपालिकामा नपरेको भन्दै स्थानीय विरोधमा उत्रिएका हुन् । भुरीगाउँ नगरपालिकामा राख्न मापदण्ड नपुगेको भन्दै जिल्ला प्राविधिक समितिले वैकल्पिक रुपमा राखेर स्थानीय तह पुनर्संरचना आयोगमा प्रतिवेदन बुझाएको थियो । शुक्रबार र बिहीबार पनि स्थानीयले सोही सडकखडमा डेढ घण्टा चक्काजाम गरेका थिए ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Twosided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Group Clash
Secondary Form Road block
Weapons Blunt weapon
Primary Cause Contestation over Constitution and federal restructuring
Actor 1 - Number of people 50
Actor 1 - Affiliations Protesters/demonstrators
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 50
Actor 2 - Affiliation Police
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Total Injured 8
National/Online Media , Local Newspaper - Banke

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