Incident Reports

General strike demanding upgrading of roads and opening of checkpoints in Sarlahi

2020-12-16

The all-party struggle committee enforced a general strike in Sarlahi on Wednesday demanding to upgrade of dilapidated postal road and opening of main checkpoints of Nepal-India border after their 10-day long consecutive sit-in was ignored by the local government.  

They have been staging a sit-in since December 6. Federal MPs, state MPs and municipal chiefs also participated in the demonstration. They chanted slogans against the government, demanding immediate construction of the postal road and ease of entry into the main border with India.

Due to the strike, markets and shops in the southern region were not open and public transport could not run, they did not allow the school to come into operation. The construction work of postal road has not started even though a contract was signed to the black paper within five years and people are forced to suffer from dust in the winter and mud in the rains.


Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Strike/Bandh
Primary Cause Access/control of development infrastructure (roads, bridges)
Actor 1 - Number of people n/a
Actor 1 - Affiliations Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
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
National/Online Media

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