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Photo Story: Construction delay brings Thali locals to road

Photo Story: Construction delay brings Thali locals to road

By Skanda Gautam

A school girl walks past burning tyres during a protest against the delay in blacktopping of roads, at Thali, in Kathmandu, on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT

KATHMANDU: Student Union along with the locals burnt tyres in many places and halted regular vehicular movement for many hours as a sign of their protest for delay in blacktopping of road in Thali of Kageshwari-Manohara Municipality, Kathmandu district. The demonstrators blamed the delay in road construction as the cause of rise in road accidents and dust pollution for the past few years. A photo feature: