Republica vehicle smashed

RAJBIRAJ, June 1: Individuals who obstructed vehicular movement for seven hours along the Kalyanpur section of the east-west highway in Saptari district on Wednesday protesting load-shedding vandalized nearly a dozen vehicles, including a Republica vehicle.



A group smashed the windshield of the vehicle (Ko 1 Cha 4552) that was traveling from Janakpur to Biratnagar after delivering Republica and Nagarik dailies. [break]



Police had to resort to baton charge that left half-a-dozen strike enforcers injured.



The strike was lifted after Saptari´s Chief District Officer Kailash Nath Kharel agreed to discuss the strikers´ demands.



The strikers say there is not even an hour of electricity supply in Kalyanpur per day.

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