Protestors in Surkhet district have put up signboards at various places of Mangalgadi Chowk, the main gateway to Birendra Nagar Bazaar, declaring mid-west region as Mid-West Province, on Tuesday. Protesters led by the Joint Citizens Struggle Committee have been demanding an undivided Mid-West province with Surkhet as its capital. "We have put up signboards declaring mid-west region as mid-west province as the four major political parties ignored our demand," said Devendra JC, coordinator of the committee. "We are also preparing to put up signboards at various government offices on Wednesday. If our demands are not met within three days, we'll start running the provincial government ourselves." Surkhet locals have taken to the streets since the last ten days to press for their demands. Three people have already lost their lives in the protests. At a function held in the district on Tuesday, Kumund Shyam Giri, central member of Rastriya Prachatantra Party (RPP) Nepal, urged the government to respect the feelings of locals. UML leader Kul Mani Devkota, RPP chairman Kabi Ram Puri, CPN-Maoist central committee member Chakra Mani Sharma, among others, also presented their views at the function.