Indefinite banda continues to hit normal life in western terai districts

DANG, June 5: Normal life of the people of five western Terai districts including Dang has been hit hard due to the indefinite banda called by Freed Kamlaris´ Struggle Committee on Wednesday as well.



The transportation, industries, schools and colleges are forced to close in the districts including Dang. [break]



The Struggle Committee had called the indefinite Terai banda across the 22 terai districts from Tuesday demanding an independent investigation committee on the mysterious death of a Kamlari, Shrijana Chaudhari of Dang district.





Strike makes life difficult In Banke



(RSS) Banke, June 5: The general strike enforced by the Freed Kamlari Struggle Committee, Banke has crippled normal life in the district. The struggle committee called for the general strike, putting forth various demands.



The general strike enforcers have vandalized two vans and six motorcycles in Nepalgunj allegedly for defying the general strike.



The committee has called for an indefinite general strike in 22 districts of the west Tarai protesting what it called the police highhandedness in the peaceful demonstration by the freed Kamlaris. The general strike is also to pressurize the government to fulfill their various demands.



Meanwhile in Kanchanpur district, police rounded up over 48 Kamlaris while they were enforcing the general strike in Mahendranagar and Suda of the district on Tuesday.



The Freed Kamlaris Struggle Committee has called for an indefinite general strike in the district demanding impartial investigation into the murder of one Kamlari in Lalitpur and into the incidents of sexual abuse against them in different districts.

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