KAPILVASTU: The Kapilvastu district administration has lifted the curfew it had imposed in Krishnanagar on Sunday evening. Police said the curfew order has been removed until 5:00 pm today.

A curfew order was issued in Krishnanagar following a dispute between two sides over the route for carrying the statue of the goddess Durga Bhawani for immersing it in river.

Krishnanagar was tense since Friday over the issue. The district administration enforced curfew for an indefinite period in the town from 5 pm on Sunday as the dispute did not show any signs of resolving even for three days.

However, the goddess statue has been immersed in a local river amidst high security, Deputy Superintendent of Police Rabi Rawal said. The disposing off of the statue was halted for three days due to the dispute.

The district security committee meeting took this decision following a clash between different youth groups. The curfew has been imposed in the area covering Badayapokhari in the north, Shirshihawachok in the west, Semera village in the east and no man's land in the west, said chief district officer Arjun Prasad Pokharel.

The curfew would be effective until the next decision.