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‘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for talks, three people including the arrested Pradeep Maden should be released, and that security personnel should be withdrawn from the construction area.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.

Four injured in ‘No Cable Car’ protest against cable car construction

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Biratnagar – Four protesters and some police officers were injured when police opened fire to control the situation during a protest against the construction of a cable car in the Pathibhara area of ​​Phungling Municipality-11 in Taplejung. The condition of three of the people who were shot is serious.

The ‘No Cable Car’ group, which is protesting against the construction of a cable car, had prepared to protest from Sunday. Nepal Police and Armed Police Force were deployed on Saturday to stop the protest. After the police reached Baludada in Pathibhara area at around 6 pm on Saturday, the protesters pelted stones. After that, the police opened fire.

According to DSP Rabi Rawal of the District Police Office, Taplejung, four protesters were injured in the clash. Yam Bahadur Limbu, Sagun Lawati, Dharman Palungwa and Mangal Lawati were injured in the clash with the police. Yam Bahadur, Dharman and Sagun Lawati were shot by the police. Their condition is serious. DSP Rawal said that the three injured were sent to Nobel Medical College Biratnagar for further treatment after treatment at the District Hospital Taplejung was not possible. Mangal Lawati’s condition is normal.

According to DSP Rawal, 12 people have been injured on the Nepal Police side. Taplejung Chief District Officer Netra Prasad Sharma said that security personnel opened fire after the protesting party hurled slingshots and stones from the sand dunes.

There was a clash between the police and the No Cable Car party on Saturday afternoon. The police fired 12 tear gas shells in the clash. Some were also injured in that clash.

The tension arose after the construction company started work on the cable car to Pathibhara in Taplejung from Tuesday. The identity supporters are running the ‘No Cable Car Movement’, saying that the identity of the Pathibhara area will be destroyed if the cable car is built.

They were preparing to hold more protests from Sunday. Niranti Tumbapo, general secretary of Kirat Yakthung Chumlung, said that the state opened fire on people while they were preparing for a peaceful protest. Civil society and political party leaders have protested, saying that the police have used excessive force against the protesters.