Incident Reports

Youths staged a whistle rally demanding the extension of main road in Birgunj

2019-11-09

Madhes, Parsa, Birgunj

Birgunj Bikas Youth Struggle Committee staged a whistle rally on Saturday demanding the extension of the road. 

The rally started from the Clock Tower en routed the city and was converted into corner assembly at the Clock Tower. The members of the committee: Akles Saah, Munna Miya, Bishal Saraf, Muhammad Ansari, urged the Department of Roads to work firmly on widening the road by 25 meters. They warned that obstruction of road widening would not be tolerated for any reason other than judicial order. The Supreme Court on Sunday is going to issue a verdict on whether or not to issue a short-term order on the widening of the main road in Birgunj. Due to the court's decision, the road department has paused to widen the road to date.



    



Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Demonstration
Primary Cause Access/control of development infrastructure (roads, bridges)
Actor 1 - Number of people 40
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
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
Local Newspaper - Parsa

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