BUTWAL: Twelve places in Butwal Sub-metropolitan City have been declared as prohibitory areas after agitation started against the proposal of the provincial government to make Deukhuri area of Dang the permanent capital.
The District Administration Office, Rupandehi, has declared prohibitory areas from Sunday till Wednesday.
Meanwhile, the Nepali Congress (NC) Rupandehi Chapter has decided to launch a phase-wise agitation against the proposal to make Dang the permanent capital of province 5.
NC District Secretary Ram Krishna Khan said that the decision was taken to hold a hold torch rally, enforce a strike and hoist black flags in front of houses of Nepal Communist Party lawmakers.
After the proposal of naming the province and permanent capital was tabled in the provincial assembly on Friday, the party had protested by burning tires at various places in Butwal. The party staged torch rallies in all areas of the district on Saturday evening.
He said that the district closure has been called for Sunday.
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