Incident Reports
Tractor drivers picket Birendranagar municipality office
2019-09-22
Tractor owners and laborers picketed Birendranagar Municipality Office on Sunday demanding tender to be called for sand mining.
According to the tractor operators, the tender should have been called on September 18. However, the municipality office did not call for bids causing the tractor operators to go out of business.
According to Mohan Maya Dhakal, Deputy Mayor of Birendranagar Municipality, the tender should have been called on September 18 but they did not announce the call for bids because the rain had not stopped among other reasons.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Nonviolent |
| Primary Form | Gherau/Dharna (sit-in)/padlocking |
| Primary Cause | Access/control of other natural resources (forest, minerals) |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | 24 |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | Labor organization, trade unions and other organizations based on economic demands |
| Actor 1 - Youth | unknown |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | n/a |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health) |
| Actor 2 - Youth | na |
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