Incident Reports

Birgunj youths stage sit-in before Birgunj metropolitan city

2019-12-11

Madhes, Parsa, Birgunj

Birgunj Youth Struggle Committee staged a sit-in for an hour in front of the office of Birgung Metropolitan City in Birgunj demanding all roads in the metropolis to be widened up to 25/25 meters. Members of the struggle committee took out a demonstration from Ghantaghar of Birgunj and converged at a sit-in before the Birgunj Metropolitan City office. Youth leader Akalesh Sah said they resorted to protest as widening the road was a must for the development of the Metropolitan City.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Gherau/Dharna (sit-in)/padlocking
Primary Cause Access/control of development infrastructure (roads, bridges)
Actor 1 - Number of people 12
Actor 1 - Affiliations Protesters/demonstrators
Actor 1 - Youth na
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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