Educational institutions, business, transport services have been completely shut down.[break]
Local consumers said they have been hit hard due to the shortage of daily essentials owing to the banda.
People of far-west region have been demonstrating by chanting slogan in favor of the indivisible far-west.
The banda has been called under the leadership of Far-west Ekta Samaj saying the UCPN-Maoist has brought a proposal that aims to split the far-west.
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