Three people were arrested from Damak who were walking around the closure
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People's life in eastern Nepal has been affected due to the bandh called by protesting organizations and groups with the demand to stop the construction of the cable car leading to the temple of Pathibhara Devi. The protestors have blocked the road and the effect of the shutdown has also been seen in the market.
Protesters who have been blocking traffic on the Mechi Highway and Tamor Corridor since January 14 in protest against the firing of armed police on the agitating group on January 10 have called for a shutdown in 9 districts of Arun East on Sunday.
Due to the shutdown, the life of the districts including Taplejung, Panchthar, Ilam, Jhapa, Sunsari and Dhankuta has been affected. Vehicles have not been plying on the main highway and the auxiliary and internal roads of this region since morning.
In the hilly districts, the means of transport and transportation have been stopped since morning, while the protestors came out with flags and blocked the big markets including Virtamod in Jhapa and Ithari in Sunsari. is.
After the private limited company that got the contract to build the cable car in the Pathibhara temple started the work, that area became restless. Recently, there have been frequent clashes after the formation of an armed police unit near Lower Fedi to help the cable car construction process.
The bandh was called demanding the suspension of the cable car construction process and the withdrawal of the armed police from the Pathibhara area along with the treatment of the protestors who were injured in the last clash and the release of the arrested. Sagar Kerung, Chairman of District Coordination Committee Panchthar said.
Federation of Tribal Tribes, Kirant Yakthung Chumlung, No. 1 Province Re-naming Struggle Committee and other organizations are protesting that the cable car should not be built. The protestors say that by building the cable car, the nature will be exploited and the cultural beauty of the place will be lost.
