13,000 prisoners escaped from prisons across the country, covering up the opportunity for Gen-Ji's movement and subsequent demonstrations. Among them, more than 6,000 prisoners are still outside. This should have the effect of toll improvement committees and clubs at the local level throughout the country. On the one hand, the low morale of the security personnel and on the other hand, the increased insecurity due to the stolen weapons from the security agencies during the demonstration, it seems that night patrols have started in many places of the country.

Rajendramani Kafle, the ward president of Chitwan Bharatpur Metropolitan Municipality-7, held a meeting in the ward on the 25th of August in the afternoon. It was seen that those who took unfair advantage under the cover of the protestors have been active since the night of the 24th. There was no place to hope that the police would do anything at this time. That's why we took the lead," Kafle said. There are 30 village development organizations in

ward. On August 25, a ward level security committee was formed under the coordination of the ward president. On the same day, the Toll Security Committee was also formed. And the villagers took turns and went out on night patrol from 25th of August. Tolbasi started patrolling from 10 pm till dawn.

"In the meantime, the patrol team of the village caught those involved in the four incidents of theft and handed them over to the police," said Kafle, the ward president. He said that the patrol will be continued after Tihar review. Rameshwar Toll Development Institution in Bharatpur-2 also started patrolling from the night of 27th August. The patrol has been suspended since October 11.

"Now we are discussing how to move forward," said Kishore Pandey, president of Toll Development Association. There are 10 routes in the toll. The residents of the village patrolled in groups of three/four carrying identification jackets, sticks and torches given by the ward. When our patrol started, there were many suspicious people. We handed over three people to the police. Later, such people stopped appearing in the village," said President Pandey. He said that such patrols have also been started by the residents of other villages.

Suraj Sapkota, Secretary of Rameshwar Toll Development Organization, said that even though they are not patrolling now, they have increased micro-surveillance with the help of technology. There were already CCTV cameras in the tolls. Now we have added CCCamera . It has become easy to observe the activity of the road. "We have also created a communication network on how to convey information to the whole village if there is any suspicion of any suspicious activity," said Secretary Sapkota.

He said that the process of receiving information from the security agencies is continuing. Secretary Sapkota said, "After getting the information about the increasing trend of criminal incidents, the nature and trend of the incidents, the villagers have started making security plans accordingly." Chitwan police chief SP Gobind Puri said that the locals played a good role in security management in various places of the district. Some locals have also patrolled. The work is being done in coordination with the security agencies, said SP Puri. He said that it was because of the support of the society that there was no major unpleasant incident this Dasain.

Night patrol by locals

Goats brought for Dasain and goats reared at home were stolen in various areas of Tilotta Municipality of Rupandehi. The municipality has issued a notification and asked to be alert and contact the city police and the nearby police office if necessary. Accordingly, the locals started patrolling in different wards within the city.

Even now, people patrol from 10 pm to 3 am. Suspicious persons have been arrested, interrogated, and handed over to the police. Locals say that the patrol is creating awareness among the people and also security.

Garden of Drinks (GOD) at 5 Maitripath, Siddharthnagar was stolen a few days before Dasain. Ramesh Kandu, the owner, said that the theft occurred at 12:20 pm after watching the CCTV camera footage of the restaurant located near the district administration road. According to him, on that night, a 40-year-old man broke the lock of the main gate of the restaurant and broke the counter and stole about 1 lakh rupees in cash.

He said that he got the information about the theft after the employee reached the restaurant at 9 am. Locals have been conducting night patrols in various places of Rupandehi fearing an increase in theft incidents. Manoj Kumar Prajapati of Siddharthnagar Municipality 3 said that is working at night for security because an unknown group has been terrorizing them by hanging leaflets in their ward. They divided into groups of 5 to 8 people and started patrolling. We have decided that it is our responsibility to protect the village. "We live in the streets and squares," he said, "some men are abroad, houses with women and children should be protected by all the villages together." At the time of patrolling, lights go off, unknown people are found in some places at night and even those who run away when they try to catch them, think that they have come to steal.''In Suddhodhan rural municipality-3 of Betahani district, locals also roam around the settlement with sticks throughout the night . Sagarprasad Khanal, a local, said that surveillance is being carried out in the Toll Basti from 10 pm to 3 am. He said that they are patrolling in their area by forming a group of 12 people.

"We have started patrolling to prevent theft, taking into account possible incidents during the festival," he said.

"While patrolling, the message that the people of the society are united has also been conveyed," he said. In Tilottma Municipality 5, a page called Tilottma 5 Security Force has been created and mobilized through social networks by forming a patrol group.

Under the coordination of ward member Hira Giri (Diamond), it was decided to gather, discuss and night patrol the people of eight villages to work for security. Giri said that after the coming of the festival, there will be fear in the local people, and the incidents of theft in different places will be known through the network, so patrols have been made mandatory to be vigilant. After the prisoners escaped from the prison during the demonstration on August 24th, it created panic among the public. The news that more than 100 prisoners in Rupandehi have escaped from prisons in other districts is causing local panic. Locals understand that the risk of criminal activity in the society has increased since the prisoner involved in the crime escaped.

The youth of Devdah Municipality-1 of Rupandehi have also started night patrol. According to the locals, in order to prevent incidents of theft, robbery and violence, the young people who are active in the patrol have made a rule that people who come back after 10 o'clock in the night must show their identity papers. DSP Ganesh Sapkota of District Police Rupandehi said that it is positive that the people of the society have joined hands with the security agencies. He said that there were no major incidents in the district except for people who had left their homes at night to go elsewhere and the houses were stolen by breaking the locks and animals were lost. "There have been no other incidents except the incident of breaking the lock and taking the goods inside the house because there was no presence of people," he said, "We have adopted special security measures." The awareness of the local people is a positive energy for us, we are taking vigilance to prevent incidents of theft.'

where the youth patrol starts at dusk

When the evening falls, a group of local youth gathers at Jhapa Bahundangi. They don't seem to have much in common, just a flashlight and the strength of youth unity. The night patrol of youth in Bahundangi begins with the gathering. They go from village to village, look after the mechi. The patrol of the youth which starts every evening continues till midnight . Sometimes there is light. In this way, it has been three and a half years since the collective patrol of youth in Mechinagar-4 Bahundangi.

is the name of the youth patrol, 'Rapid Response Team' or RRT . "Our aim is to save the community from wild elephants coming from India to Nepal while controlling the criminal activities in our villages," says Newton Karki, coordinator of RRT, "Many criminal activities are rampant in the society. Now there is a more festive mood. Incidents of theft are increasing. It is our duty to control all these.'

25 young people joined this journey of RRT which has been going on for three and a half years. Currently, 18 young people are actively participating. Some went abroad . Someone has to read somewhere else . However, this journey of RRT's night patrol has not been stopped .

Bahundangi is also an area haunted by wild elephants. Elephants come here everyday. Our first responsibility is to inform and alert the society as soon as the elephants arrive,' said RRT co-coordinator Sadesh Paudel, 'but our journey is not limited to this. We are active in controlling drug dealing and other illegal activities in the border area.' Arjun Karki, Ward President of Mechinagar-4, said that this collective patrol of youth has brought peace along with controlling criminal activities in the society. "When various kinds of unrest activities are increasing, it is best for the youth to actively participate in the society," he said.

His toll, self-security

Since the protest of August 24, Pokhara-17 Birouta model toll resident Mr. Bahadur Ranabhat has been wandering around the house until late at night. Along with him, 50-60 people from the village are outside till 12 midnight every day. This is how the locals living in Biruta's sample village development organization go out after dinner. Locals formed a model toll safety committee and made Mr. Bahadur the coordinator. He said that every night from 8 o'clock to 12 o'clock everyone was gathering and patrolling. He said that the residents of Tol have united after feeling fear from the prisoners who escaped from the prison and those living on the streets.

'After the movement, those in jail were released . They were afraid of those who had escaped from the jail,' he said, and those who slept in the boxes of the house were also found to have entered. After that, we formed a committee to do the security of the toll ourselves.' According to him, 7 people have been made separate deputy coordinators for the security of the roads within the toll. He said that no incident has happened in the village since the patrolling. "When trying to inquire, one or two people ran away." Nothing else has happened," he added, "We have also created a group on Messenger. After the night patrol is over, as soon as it is known that something has happened, everyone agrees that they will be put there and then gathered.'

There is no separate CCTV installed for the security of the sample toll. Coordinator Ranabhat said that there is a camera in the person's house and it has also helped in the security of the village. There is no separate CCTV. "We are talking about joining the economy," he said. There is a settlement of Muslims in Pokhara-13 Mianpatan. On the initiative of Nepal Muslim Youth Committee Kundahar, the locals of Mianpatan were able to sleep safely after the youth patrolled all night. Chairman of the committee, Abbas Mian, said that 5 to 7 youths along with him have been patrolling since October 11th. He told that the patrol will be done every night from 11 pm to 3 am.

'Shops are open till 11 o'clock . At 12 o'clock people go into deep sleep . This is the time when the incident will happen," he said. "Until 3 o'clock, our brothers roam around Mianpatan." At 4 o'clock in the morning, the morning walk and the movement of people going to the mosque can be stopped. The local ward police office reached the Rambazar and Machhapokhari police post after there was concern about the increase in thefts during the festival and the prisoners who escaped from the prison. The police immediately suggested that they could not provide full security and that it would be fine if the villagers were deployed. Since then, the youth of Mianpatan have been working on the streets every night wearing green jackets. Besides, 5 CCTV cameras monitor the Mianpatan .