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Locals resort to protest citing abandonment of road connecting Mangalgadhi to Latikoili in Surkhet for three years

2021-11-03

Karnali, Surkhet, Birendranagar

Surkhet: Locals have staged a protest rally saying that the road connecting Mangalgadhi to Latikoili, the main market of Birendranagar, has been abandoned for the past three years. They have demanded to move ahead with the road construction work immediately saying that the tourists have to suffer due to the neglect of road construction.

Locals have staged a sit-in at the Ministry of Physical Infrastructure Development with banners, play cards, chanting slogans. They have handed over a memorandum to the ministry saying that the road construction has been neglected due to the extreme negligence of the government body and the construction company.

Hundreds of tourists pass through this road daily. Locals allege that the government did not pay attention to the road connecting Kankrebihar with the tourist spot. The road construction had began in fiscal year 2075/76.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Demonstration
Primary Cause Access/control of development infrastructure (roads, bridges)
Actor 1 - Number of people N
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people N
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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