Although passengers, including UML leaders, were able to board the Buddha Air plane, the flight was suspended due to the tense situation in Simara.
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The situation has become tense after a clash between Gen-G youth and UML cadres in Simara, Bara. The local administration has issued a curfew order to prevent further damage as the clash took place outside the Simara airport.
To control the situation, the police have fired 4 tear gas shells at the main gate of the airport. There is still a tense situation and crowd around the main highway and the airport in Simara.
A curfew order has been issued on the 5-meter right and left side of the Tribhuvan Highway from Pathlaiya on the East-West Highway, the scheduled event venue of UML, via Parwanipur to Gandak in Birgunj, and around 500 meters of Simara Airport.
Flights to Simara and from Simara to Kathmandu have been stopped. Pradya Dharmendra Kumar Mishra said, 'The situation is not normal right now. We are trying to control it.'
Pradya Mishra said that the curfew was issued to prevent damage to government property, officials, employees, government offices and private property and to prevent the situation from worsening further. The curfew has been issued from 12:30 pm to 8 pm on Wednesday.
The Gen-G youths protested after receiving information that UML leaders were coming to Simara. In the process, a clash broke out between UML supporters. The Gen-G youths protested after receiving information that UML General Secretary Shankar Pokharel and leader Mahesh Basnet were going to participate in a program scheduled to be held in Parwanipur, Bara via Simara airport.
Although the passengers, including UML leaders, were able to board the Buddha Air flight, the flight was stopped due to the tense situation in Simara.
The 'Youth Awareness Campaign' organized by the National Youth Association and Nepal Madhesh Province Committee was being held in Parwanipur, Bara from 10 am on Wednesday. The leaders have been preparing to go to the program since the airport opened.
