After 17 people died in Kathmandu and 2 people in Itahari and more than 400 were injured on Monday, the government spokesperson said that the ban on social media will be lifted. Minister of Communication and Information Technology Prithvisubba Gurung, who is also the spokesperson of the government, said that social media will be opened according to the demand of Gen-G.

"Social networks will open soon," he said, "The government has already decided to open social networks by responding to Genji's demand." Since

was not included in the list, the government had closed more than two dozen social networks, including Facebook and X, from Thursday night.