Flights have been obstructed here in Khalang-based Jumla Airport. Government offices and transport services have also been brought to stand still.
Top leaders on Staturday night had decided to federate the country into six provinces and finalized the demarcation of provincial boundaries.
Protesters have barred a helicopter that had flown from Dunai, Dolpa from landing at the airport. Privately owned airlines are not in position to resume the service to and from the airport. Protestors are trying to violate the prohibitory zones in the district.
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There have been demonstrations demanding that Karnali region be kept undivided. Demonstrators have argued that state has done injustice to Karnali people by keeping the region together with far western region while devising the sixth province.
They demanded for provision of 'Special Province' for the Karnali region, incorporating it into one single province.
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