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:

A woman 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
A woman 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
Student Union's agitating cadres shout slogans next to 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
Student Union's agitating cadres shout slogans next to 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
Police attempt to remove burning tyres from the road during a protest against the delay in blacktopping of roads, at Thali, in Kathmandu, on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT
Police attempt to remove burning tyres from the road during a protest against the delay in blacktopping of roads, at Thali, in Kathmandu, on Tuesday, June 11, 2019. Photo: Skanda Gautam/THT
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
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