Pokhara youths stage protest demanding proper handling of COVID-19 crisis
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POKHARA: Youths in Pokhara have staged a peaceable demonstration protesting authorities’s lack of competence in curbing the unfold of novel coronavirus.
- Protesters chanting anti-government slogans in entrance of Kaski District Administration Office, Pokhara, on Thursday, June 11, 2020. Photo: Rishiram Baral/THT
The protesters staged a sit-in in entrance of the doorway of Kaski District Administration Office, Pokhara right this moment. The placards they carried learn slogans — ‘Stop unsecure quarantine’, ‘Each and each citizen has the proper to efficient medical remedy’, ‘Hello-Hello! Government not listening to’, amongst others.



A protester holds a placard bearing anti-government slogan in entrance of Kaski District Administration Office, Pokhara, on Thursday, June 11, 2020. Photo: Rishi Ram Baral/THT
The demonstration coordinator Sailaja Shrestha alleged that the federal government had discriminated within the medical remedy of residents in opposition to the provisions within the Constitution. She expressed her view that authorities shouldn’t have discriminated individuals finishing up two completely different strategies of checks — Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) technique of check.
- Protesters show placards bearing anti-government slogans in entrance of Kaski District Administration Office, Pokhara, on Thursday, June 11, 2020. Photo: Rishiram Baral/THT
Moreover, Shrestha lamented that varied quarantines established throughout the nation lacked correct amenities and brought on chaos. She mentioned, they had been prepared to offer free providers if the federal government was unable to deal with the state of affairs successfully.
Hundreds of youths staged sit-in sustaining social distance. Police used pressure to disperse the demonstrators inside an hour.
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