Incident Reports

Students stage sit-in against black marketing in Kathmandu

2016-02-07

Bagmati, Kathmandu, Kathmandu

Demanding an end to the black-marketing and ensuring smooth supply of the petroleum products, three Student Unions including UCPN (Maoist) affiliated All Nepal National Independent Student Union(Revolutionary) (ANNI SU-R) have staged a sit-in in front of the campuses in the capital on Sunday morning. According to Surendra Paudel, ANNI SU-R Spokesperson, they stage a nationwide hour-long chakka jam in front of main campuses including in the capital-based Ratna Rajya Laxmi, Pashupati Campus, Amrit Science Campus, Pulchowk Engineering Campus, Nepal Commerce Campus and Bhaktapur Campus from 9 to 10 am today. Due to the sit-in, the traffic management in the capital was disrupted.
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Gherau/Dharna (sit-in)/padlocking
Secondary Form Road block
Primary Cause Issues related to commodity availability, prices, and subsidies
Actor 1 - Number of people 50
Actor 1 - Affiliations Nepali Congress and affiliated org , UML and affiliated org , CPN (Maoist Center) and affiliated org
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
National/Online Media

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