Incident Reports

Stranded passengers stage sit-in in-front of Nepalgunj Airport

2020-05-03

Lumbini, Banke, Nepalgunj

Passengers who had booked a flight to Humla were stranded in Nepalgunj after a private airline cancelled the flight. 

More than 70 passengers who had booked tickets for Monday were stranded at the airport. They staged a sit-in on the main road in front of the airport demanding that they should be allowed to return home after buying tickets. 

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Gherau/Dharna (sit-in)/padlocking
Primary Cause Other governance issues
Secondary Cause Lockdown Enforcement
Actor 1 - Number of people 70
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Private company
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media

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