2021-07-13
Transport entrepreneurs staged a sit-in at the Department of Transport Management on July 13 demanding seven points including vaccination of people involved in transport against CoVID-19, adjustment of transport fares and inclusion of business people's problems in the monetary policy. Entrepreneurs also demanded adjustment of transport insurance exemption, implementation of road laws, renewal of transport documents and exemption of fines and review of the current transport policy.
During the sit-in, they also chanted slogans such as "No income, no bank instalment and no revenue payment, complete insurance for the duration of the prohibitory period period".
Violent / Non-violent | Nonviolent |
Primary Form | Gherau/Dharna (sit-in)/padlocking |
Primary Cause | Other governance issues |
Secondary Cause | Healthcare Management |
Actor 1 - Number of people | n/a |
Actor 1 - Affiliations | Transport entrepreneurs/syndicate |
Actor 1 - Youth | na |
Actor 2 - Number of people | n/a |
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Government and civil servants at central level |
Actor 2 - Youth | na |
THE NEPAL PEACE MONITOR ANNUAL REVIEW: 2020
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