Incident Reports
Ward office demolish houses of Dalit families in Sunsari
2020-05-19
Province 1, Sunsari, Harinagara, Ward 3
Ward office of Harinagara Ward no. 3 demolished houses of Dalit (Musahar) families for road expansion. 25 families have been forced to live under the open sky during the lockdown.
The Dalit families had been living in the public land for years. The ward office demolished the infrastructures on May 19 and May 20 without making any alternative arrangements for the squatters
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Nonviolent |
| Onesided / Twosided | Onesided |
| Collective / Interpersonal | Interpersonal |
| Event Duration | More than 1 day |
| Primary Form | Raid/sweeping |
| Primary Cause | Access/control of development infrastructure (roads, bridges) |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | n/a |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | Dalit |
| 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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