Syangja, February 7:

Locals, businessmen and political parties organised an hour-long chakkajam in Galyang bazaar of Syangja today to protest the government’s decision to set up an Integrated Service Centre (ISC) in Birgha village development committee.

The residents have been demanding that the centre be set up in Galyang Bazaar. The agitators warned that they would continue their protest until the government withdrew the decision.

A Struggle Committee comprising 1001 members under the coordination of Galyang Bazaar Management Committee chairman Shyam Prasad Basyal was also formed today.