Protestors have forcefully shut campuses like Harikhetan, Thakur Ram, Birgunj Commerce Campus and Birgunj Public Campus. But two cinema halls in Bara--Gupta Hall and Janaki Cinema Hall-have been going houseful and making good money like any other normal days, say the entrepreneurs."The protestors rarely obstruct the entertainment sector. We had to close our business just twice in the last three months," said Shambhu Sharan Kalwar, the owner of Shree Ram Hall in Birunj. In fact the Morcha cadres have been cooperative with the hall owners, added Kalwar.
In Bara alone, over 80,000 schools children have been waiting for their schools to resume, the government's data shows.
"The students' engagement in protests has diverted their attention away from academic activities," said Bara-based school inspector Ashok Rauniyar.
Chairman of Bara Teachers' Association Bharat Sah said that the people were in support of the protests, which means there is least possibility of resuming schools soon. The situation is no different in the neighboring district of Parsa, which has remained the epicenter of the protests and the blockade imposed by India and Madhesi Morcha at Raxaul border.
Ram Chandra Pandit, chairperson of Parsa Teachers' Association, said that the teachers in far off villages fear to go to schools following the notice of the Morcha cadres to keep the schools shut.
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