Incident Reports

Kirtipur and Chandragiri locals protest demanding closure of birkc kilns

2019-10-25

Bagmati, Kathmandu, Chandragiri

Locals of Chandragiri and Kirtipur Municipalities have resorted to protest demanding the closure of brick kilns located in the localities. They have formed a Brick Kiln Victim's Struggle Committee to steer their agitation demanding shuttting down of brick kilns which according to them are causing smoke and dust pollution. A group led by the chairperson of the struggle committee Mukunda Ghimire submitted a memorandum to Chandragiri Municipality on Friday demanding shutdown of brick kilns by 5 days.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Demonstration
Primary Cause Other governance issues
Actor 1 - Number of people 50
Actor 1 - Affiliations Protesters/demonstrators
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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