Incident Reports

DDC staff in Nuwakot stage pen-down strike

2017-01-22

The employees of Nuwakot District Development Committee staged a pen-down strike on Sunday to protest vandalism and misbehavior against some of their colleagues by the protesters of the Local Level Restructuring Commission report. The agitating DDC employees have decided to continue their pen-down strike against Friday’s incident until Wednesday. They have also submitted a memorandum to the chief district officer demanding security. The protest against the LLRC report had turned violent on Friday. At least a dozen people were injured in a clash at Bidur, the district headquarters of Nuwakot. The protesters had also vandalised the DDC building and allegedly misbehaved with some of the employees. Meanwhile, the people protesting the LLRC report declared Khanigaun, Chaunghada, Suryamati and Thansingh VDCs of eastern Nuwakot as Likhu village council. Binod Pathak, a Nepali Congress leader from Thansingh VDC, said that they announced their own village council because the LLRC did not address their demand. The agitating villagers living in Likhu region have been claiming that the LLRC did not incorporate the recommendation of its technical committee that had agreed to their demand. The LLRC report submitted to the government has proposed Chaughada VDC in Panchakanya village council, Thansingh VDC in Kakani Municipality, Suryamati VDC in Belkogadhi village council and Khanigaun VDC in Suryagadhi village council. The LLRC has recommended two municipalities and 10 village councils in Nuwakot. Transportation service along the Chhahare-Kathmandu road in the district is shut for the past one week because of the ongoing protest against the LLRC report. The protesters have agreed to let the schools in Likhu region to operate their daily classes from Monday. जिल्ला विकास समितिमा भएको तोडफोड र दुव्र्यवहारविरुद्ध आइतबार कर्मचारीले पेन डाउन गरेका छन् । उनीहरूले हातमा कालोपट्टी बाँधेर एक घण्टा कामकाज रोके । स्थानीय प्रशासनमा सुरक्षा प्रत्याभूतिको मागसमेत गरेका छन् । शुक्रबार चार गाविस समेटेर लिखु गाउँपालिका बनाउनुपर्ने माग गर्दै आन्दोलनमा उत्रेका स्थानीयले जिविसमा तोडफोड गरेर कर्मचारीमाथि दुव्र्यवहार गरेका थिए । त्यसैको विरोधमा पेनडाउन गरेर विरोध जनाएको नेपाल निजामती कर्मचारी संगठनका बद्री भण्डारीले बताए जिविस, प्राविधिक कार्यालय, गाविसलगायत कार्यालयमा एक घण्टा कामकाज ठप्प पारिएको हो । कर्मचारीले बुधबारसम्म पेनडाउन गर्ने भएका छन् । प्रमुख जिल्ला अधिकारी विष्णुप्रसाद पोख्रलेले कर्मचारीलाई सान्त्वना दिँदै ‘परिस्थिति अकल्पनीय भएको बताए ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Other forms of non-violent protest
Primary Cause Issues related to legal action and access to justice
Secondary Cause Contestation over Constitution and federal restructuring
Actor 1 - Number of people 20
Actor 1 - Affiliations Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people NA
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Government and civil servants at central level
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media , Other Sources

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