Incident Reports

Locals of Khokana and Bungamati protest government's 'development' plans

2019-05-03

Bagmati, Lalitpur, Lalitpur

Thousands of people staged a demonstration on Friday against government's development plans that would destroy places of cultural importance in Khokana and Bungamati in Lalitpur sub-metropolitan city. 

Mass rally that started from Bungamati ended in a people's assembly in Mangalbazar. Representatives of Bungamati and Khokana discussed the reasons for the protest in the assembly. 

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Demonstration
Primary Cause Collective tensions related to regional identities
Actor 1 - Number of people 1000
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Government and civil servants at central level
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media

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