Incident Reports

Hamro Samachar: Protest against petroleum price hike

2017-01-21

Lumbini, Banke, Nepalgunj

Students demonstrated to protest the price hike of petroleum products declared by Nepal Oil Corporation. In initiation of All Nepal Free Student Union, students protested on 21 December, Wednesday obstructing road in front of Mahendra Multiple Campus for an hour. In corner assembly organized after the protest. ANFSU's general secretary of Banke stated that they are against the price hike which has directly impacted the lives of people. Nepal Oil Corporation on Sunday had announced the hiked price rate of petrol, diesel and kerosene. नेपाल आयल निगमले पेट्रोलियम पदार्थको मुल्य व्रिद्धी गरेको विरोधमा नेपालगन्जमा विद्यार्थीले प्रदर्शन चक्कजाम गरेका छन् । अनेरास्वयियुको नेत्रित्वमा वुधबार महेन्द्र बहुमुखी क्याम्पस अगाडि सडकमा विद्यार्थीले १ घण्टा चक्काजाम गर्दै प्रदर्शन गरेका हुन् । चक्कजामपछि आयोजित कोण्सभालाई सम्बोधन गर्दै अनेरास्ववियु वाँकेका सचिव टेकेन्द्र मल्लले सरकारले जनताको ढाढ सेक्ने गरी पेट्रोलियम पदार्थको मूल्य वृद्धि गरेकोप्रति कडा विरोध गरे। नेपाल आयल निगमले आइतबार राति १२ बजेदेखि लागु हुने गरी पेट्रोल, डिजेल मट्टीतेलको मूल्य बढाएको हो । पेट्रोलमा प्रतिलिटर ४ रुपैयाँ ५० पैसा मुल्य बढाइएको निगमका वितरण विभाग प्रमुख सिताराम पोखरेलले जानकारी दिए ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Event Duration More than 1 day
Primary Form Demonstration
Secondary Form Road block
Primary Cause Issues related to commodity availability, prices, and subsidies
Actor 1 - Number of people 50
Actor 1 - Affiliations UML and affiliated org
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
Local Newspaper - Banke

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