Incident Reports

Locals stage protest against pollution caused by the industries

2019-07-30

Locals have become agitated, saying the industry has caused pollution. Locals have been agitated saying that the smoke coming from Chaudhary Industrial Park of Devchuli Municipality of East Nawalparasi has caused problems in the lives of the people. The locals had also staged an hour-long sit-in in front of the industry saying that the industry was not taking initiative to manage the dust and smoke coming out of the industry. 

Sukmaya Bishwakarma, a local resident, said that they will stage an hour-long sit-in in front of the industry every day unless the industry takes initiative to manage dust, smoke. 

Chairman of Milan Tole Improvement Committee, Chini Bahadur Sunar, said that they were agitated after the industry administration did not address their request to manage the industrial dust and smoke even after approaching the administration repeatedly. 

According to the Industry's Public Relation Officer, Ramchandra Dhital, the industry is not emitting the as much amount of smoke and dust as locals are saying. 





Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Gherau/Dharna (sit-in)/padlocking
Primary Cause Other governance issues
Actor 1 - Number of people 24
Actor 1 - Affiliations Protesters/demonstrators
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Private company
Actor 2 - Youth na
Local Newspaper - Chitwan

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