“We have decided to withdraw protest after the tourism minister agreed to address our concern within two weeks,” Krishna Mohan Shretha, coordinator of the pressure group, said on Thursday. [break]
The representatives of the pressure group along with political leaders of Pokhara had called on the tourism minister on Wednesday.
Supporters of the airport had been protesting from Mid-August and had shut down the airport last week as well. The locals have been organizing relay hunger strike from last week.
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