In Pictures: Peaceful protests in Pokhara demanding govt accontability

POKHARA: Youths in Pokhara have staged a peaceful demonstration protesting government's lack of competence in curbing the spread of novel coronavirus.

Protesters display placards bearing anti-government slogans in front of Kaski District Administration Office, Pokhara, on Thursday, June 11, 2020. Photo: Rishiram Baral/THT
Protesters display placards bearing anti-government slogans in front of Kaski District Administration Office, Pokhara, on Thursday, June 11, 2020. Photo: Rishiram Baral/THT

The protesters staged a sit-in in front of the entrance of Kaski District Administration Office, Pokhara today. The placards they carried read slogans -- 'Stop unsecure quarantine', 'Each and every citizen has the right to effective medical treatment', 'Hello-Hello! Government not hearing', among others.

The demonstration coordinator Sailaja Shrestha alleged that the government had discriminated in the medical treatment of citizens against the provisions in the Constitution. She expressed her view that government should not have discriminated people carrying out two different methods of tests -- Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) method of test.

Protesters display placards bearing anti-government slogans in front of Kaski District Administration Office, Pokhara, on Thursday, June 11, 2020. Photo: Rishiram Baral/THT
Protesters display placards bearing anti-government slogans in front of Kaski District Administration Office, Pokhara, on Thursday, June 11, 2020. Photo: Rishiram Baral/THT

Moreover, Shrestha lamented that various quarantines established across the country lacked proper facilities and caused chaos. She said, they were ready to provide free services if the government was unable to handle the situation effectively.

Hundreds of youths staged sit-in maintaining social distance. Police used force to disperse the demonstrators within an hour.

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