Incident Reports

Dhankuta people demand provincial capital

2017-12-17

The people from Dhankuta city have demanded the government that it announced Dhankuta as the capital city of Province No 1. They have staged a sit-in at the Eastern Regional Administration Office, Dhankuta. The locals also submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister through the Administration Office. A rally was organised before the sit-in. The rally begun from Madan Chowk went to the thoroughfares Sunday. Chairman of Dhankuta Industry and Commerce, Umesh Ghimire, said Dhankuta was appropriate place to make provincial capital from security and geographical view points.
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Gherau/Dharna (sit-in)/padlocking
Primary Cause Contestation over Constitution and federal restructuring
Actor 1 - Number of people 100
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals , Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people NA
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Other state institutions
Actor 2 - Youth na
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