Incident Reports

Locals in Baitadi padlock the ward office

2020-07-04

Sudurpashchim, Baitadi, Sigas, Ward 1

A few locals of Sigas Rural Municipality-1 padlocked the office of the rural municipality following their dissatisifaction over the extension of electricity transmission line. The locals wanted the line to be extended from Dudilakhan to Thadakada but they resorted to padlocking of the office after the ward chairperson had other ideas. Ward Chairperson Gagan Singh Dhami, however, denied such allegations and said that the electricity transmission line was being extended as per the demands of the locals. 
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Gherau/Dharna (sit-in)/padlocking
Primary Cause Other governance issues
Actor 1 - Number of people 10
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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