Incident Reports

Rajbiraj: Work halted in 5 municipalities and 91 VDCs

2017-02-01

Staffs affiliated to Local Body Employees' Union Saptari agitating since two weeks staged sit-in protest halting the work completely. Service bearers of Saptari with most number of VDCs and municipality (5 municipality and 91 VDCs) have suffered due to agitation of more than 350 staffs in the district. Earlier on Friday, the agitated staffs pen downed for three hours and protested with black arm bands . The Local Bodies’ Joint Movement Coordination Committee have made the activities of movement public as the government turned deaf ear to their demands. दुई सातादेखी चरणबद्ध आन्दोलन गर्दै आइरहेका स्थानीय निकाय टेड युनियन सप्तरीसँग आवद्ध कर्मचारीहरु आइतबारदेखि पूर्णरुपले कामकाज बन्द गरि धर्ना बसेका छन् । ३ सय ५० बढी सप्तरीका स्थानीय निकायका कर्मचारीहरु आन्दोलनमा उत्रेपछि यहाँका सेवाग्राहीहरु निकै अप्ठ्यारोमा परेका छन् । सप्तरीमा हाल पाँच नगरपालिका र मुलुककै सबैभन्दा बढी ९१ गविस रहेको छ । यसअघि शुक्रबार कर्मचारीहरुले तीन घण्टा कलम बन्द गरी हातमा कालो पट्टी बाँधेर धर्नामा बसेका थिए । यसैबीच स्थानीय निकाय टेड युनियन संयुक्त समन्वय समितिले आफुहरुको आन्दोलनप्रति राज्यले कुनै चासो नदेखाएको भन्दै दोस्रो चरणका आन्दोलनका कार्यक्रमहरु सार्वजानिक गरेको छ ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Event Duration More than 7 days
Primary Form Demonstration
Primary Cause Issues related to policies and regulations internal to the government bureaucracy (e.g. civil servants wages, work conditions and promotions)
Actor 1 - Number of people 350
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
Local Newspaper - Saptari

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