Incident Reports

Paradarshi: Women's group padlock mechanical bridge protesting against price-hike

2017-03-14

Gandaki, Parbat, Kushma

Members of women's group in Balewa of Baglung have padlocked mechanical bridge joining Kusma of Parbat with Balewa of Baglung against price hike for the service without consultation with the locals. The bridge has been closed since March 18 due to the padlock. The protestors claim the rise in fair to be unscientific and abnormal. The fair for locals has been raised to Nrs.100 which previously used to be Nrs.75 and Nrs.125 from Nrs.100 for others. Due to the padlock, people in the southern Parbat are facing difficulty in travel. पर्वतको कुस्मादेखी बाग्लुङको बलेवा जोड्ने केबलकार मोडलको यान्त्रिक पुलको भाडा वृद्धि गरिएको विरोधमा स्थानीयले तालाबन्दी गरेपछि एक सातादेखि आवतजावत ठप्प बनेको छ । कम्पनीले स्थानीयवासीसंग समन्वय नै नगरी मनोमानी ढंगले भाडा वृद्धि गरेको भन्दै बलेवावासीले गत चैत्र १ गते तालाबन्दी गरेका हुन् |यान्त्रिक पुलको भाडादर अस्वभाविक र अवैज्ञानिक रुपले बढाएको भन्दै स्थानीय महिला समुहका सदस्यले तालाबन्दी गरेका हुन्| स्थानीयक लागि साविकका ७५ रहेकोमा एक सय र अन्यत्रका लागि एक सय रहेकामा एक सय २५ लिने गरी भाडा वृद्धि गरेको थियो | यान्त्रिक पुल बन्द हुँदा दक्षिणी पर्वतका डेढ दर्जन गाविसका बासिन्दाहरु सास्ती खेप्न बाध्य भएका छन् |
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Event Duration More than 7 days
Primary Form Gherau/Dharna (sit-in)/padlocking
Primary Cause Access/control of development infrastructure (roads, bridges)
Actor 1 - Number of people 50
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people NA
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Private company
Actor 2 - Youth na
Local Newspaper - Chitwan , Local Newspaper - Kaski

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