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Talks between ‘No Cable Car’ group and government team inconclusive

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Taplejung — Talks between the ‘No Cable Car’ group and the government negotiation team have ended without a conclusion.

Khagendra Makhim, a participant in the talks from the agitating group, has said that the talks with the government have ended without a conclusion. However, the coordinator of the government negotiation team, Prem Prasad Maharai, has said that more information will be provided by issuing a press release.

The No Cable Car group has said that the talks did not reach a conclusion after the government team raised the issue of where to place the poles and how to build the cable car structure while their demand is only to abolish the cable car construction .

The agitating group has proposed to form a ministerial-level negotiation committee and has said that if the talks are not successful, the agitating group will announce the program of the protest from tomorrow.

17 protesters of “No Cable Car” campaign released

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Kathmandu – Seventeen protesters of the “No Cable Car” campaign who were arrested while protesting against the construction of a cable car in the Pathibhara area of ​​Taplejung have been released.

During the protest police arrested 3 people from Taplejung, 8 from Jhapa Damak and 6 from Dharan and filed a case for indecent behavior. Those in custody have been released as per the decision of the District Administration Office, according to the Koshi Province Police Office.

Earlier, after a six-point agreement was reached between the government and the protesting parties, the cable car construction process has also been suspended for the time being.

Pathibhara Cable Car Construction Suspended

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Kathmandu: The construction of the cable car in Mukkumlung Pathibhara in Taplejung district has been suspended. The construction work has been stopped after an agreement was reached on the dispute over the construction of the cable car.

On Tuesday night, talks were held between the Home Ministry’s negotiation team and representatives of the team opposing the construction of the cable car. A six-point agreement was reached in the talks.

The agreement states that the construction work on the Pathibhara cable car station will be suspended and detailed discussions will be held in the talks to be held on Magh 27.

The agreement includes issues such as providing free and effective medical treatment to those injured during the protest, investigating the incident on Magh 12 and taking legal action, initiating the process of unconditionally releasing those detained during the protest, and suspending the indefinite transport shutdown by the Mukkumlung protectors.

A detailed discussion on the disagreements and other issues related to the construction of the Pathibhara Cable Car Project has been scheduled for 11 am on Magh 27.

‘No Cable Car Group’ forms negotiation committee

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Taplejung — The ‘No Cable Car Group’ has formed a four-member negotiation facilitation committee to hold talks with the negotiation committee formed by the Ministry of Home Affairs.

The negotiation committee formed by the No Cable Car Group, coordinated by Amar Tumyahang, has four members, including Ram Maden, Shankar Limbu, and Saru Singh.

Khagendra Phembu Limbu, coordinator of the Cable Car Abolition Joint Struggle Committee, said that this committee will create an environment for coordination for negotiations, but they have also said that decisions made by the government at the level of joint secretary may not be implemented.

The group has taken a stand that construction work should be suspended before sitting for talks, three people including the arrested Pradeep Maden should be released, and that security personnel should be withdrawn from the construction area.

‘No Cable Car Group’ in Maitighar Mandala, demanding resignation of Home Minister

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Kathmandu- The ‘No Cable Car Group’, which has been protesting to stop the construction of the Pathibhara Cable Car, has today demonstrated in Maitighar Mandala, Kathmandu, demanding the resignation of the Home Minister.

The Mukkumlung Conservation and Cable Car Abolition Struggle Committee has been intensifying its agitation in various parts of the country after two people were shot during a clash with the police during the ‘No Cable Car Group’ demonstration on Magh 2.

They demonstrated in Maitighar Mandala today, displaying placards with slogans such as ‘Water, land, forest are our life’, ‘Return the Armed Police Force from Mundhumi Mukkumsung’, and ‘Stop state terror’. The protesting parties who took out the demonstration in Maitighar Mandala have also demanded the resignation of Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak.

General strike( Banda) called in eastern Nepal districts to protest cable car construction in Pathibhara (Mukumlung)

General strike( Banda) called in eastern Nepal districts to protest cable car construction in Pathibhara (Mukumlung)

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Strike impact on East-West Highway and Mechi Highway

The Biratnagar-Mukumlung Protection Inter-Party Struggle Committee has called for General strike( Banda) in Jhapa, Morang, Sunsari, Tehrathum, Sankhuwasabha, Taplejung, Ilam and Panchthar districts for today and tomorrow to protest the construction of the Pathibhara Cable Car. The first day of the strike seems to have had a general effect.

Passenger vehicles are not seen on the highways in the areas where the strike has been called on Sunday morning, while protesters can be seen taking to the streets and squares. The strike seems to have had the most impact on the East-West Highway and Mechi Highway. Traffic on the East-West Highway and Mechi Highway is almost at a standstill.

The strike has been called by the supporters of the “no cablecar movement”, demanding that the decision to build the cable car be revoked, leaders and cadres arrested during the “No Cable Car movement” be released, a judicial investigation be conducted into the shooting incident in Mukumlung be conducted, and the security forces be withdrawn from the Kafle Party.