Incident Reports

Banda affects life partially inside Valley

2015-08-23

Bagmati, Kathmandu, Kathmandu

Nationwide banda called by Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities (NEFIN) has partially affected life in the Kathmandu Valley. Few public vehicles are plying on the road, but the comparatively higher number of two-wheelers and taxis. Banda enforcers vandalized vehicles in Baudha, Kalanki and Balaju. Meanwhile, security personnel have been stationed injunctions across the Kathmandu Valley. They have arrested over 60 persons for enforcing banda from different parts of Kathmandu. NEFIN has called a two-day banda on Sunday and Monday demanding demarcation of federal states based on identity. 
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Strike/Bandh
Primary Cause Contestation over Constitution and federal restructuring
Actor 1 - Number of people More than 100
Actor 1 - Affiliations Adivasi/Janajati
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
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