Incident Reports

Terai Times: Hanshapur Deputy Mayor started hunger strike

2018-03-18

Madhes, Dhanusha, Hansapur

The Deputy Mayor Devi Jha of Hanshapur Municipality, Dhanusha has started hunger strike in Municipality office premise with various demand. Locals also support her hunger strike and started hunger strike supporting her. Deputy Mayor Jha had demanded to open Municipality office regularly, the office must me operated from Baghchauda instead from Mayor's house and the center of Hanshapur Municipality must be in Bachchauda. Locals had done 3 hours road block supporting her hunger strike. बिभिन्न माग राखी हंशपुर नगरपालिकाकी उपमेयर देवी झा दुई दिनदेखि आमरण अनसनमा बस्नुभएको छ । हंसपुर नगरपालिकाको कार्यालयमा उपमेयर झा अनसन बसेसंगै उनीसंगै अरु स्थानीयपनि अनसन बसेका छन् । अनसनमा बसेकी उपमेयर झाले उपमेयरको अधिकार सुनिश्चित गर्नुपर्ने, नियमित कार्यालय संचालन गर्नुपर्ने र नगरपालिकाको कार्यालय मेयरको घरबाट सारेर बघचौडामै संचालन गरिनुपर्ने र बजेट पारदर्शीताको माग राखेकी छिन् । अनसनमा बसेकी उपमेयरलाई समर्थन गर्दै बघचौडाबासीले सोमबार तीन घण्टासम्म सडक जाम गरि बिरोध प्रदर्शन गरेका छन् ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Event Duration More than 1 day
Primary Form Strike/Bandh
Secondary Form Other forms of non-violent protest
Primary Cause Other governance issues
Actor 1 - Number of people 3
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) Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 2 - Youth na
Local Newspaper - Dhanusha

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