Report in The Kathmandu Post online, July 12, 2023
A protest was organised outside the Kathmandu Metropolitan City office in Sundhara on Wednesday against the municipal police for misbehaving with and manhandling street vendors.
The protest was organised by ‘Enough is Enough,’ a youth-led non-violent campaign. The demonstrations came on the heels of a video circulated on social media showing municipal police of the KMC manhandling a vendor. The police action attracted widespread criticism from the public.
In the video, the City police personnel are seen thrashing a fruit vendor. The vendor is seen wailing in distress.
Scenes of the municipal police seizing goods from street vendors, thrashing and chasing them away have become quite common in the capital. Pavement dwellers, including vegetable sellers, clothes sellers and fruitsellers said living in the city has become increasingly unsafe for them.
Criticising the recent incident, ‘Enough is Enough’ led the Wednesday protest demanding ‘accountability, end of municipal brutality, unlawful conduct, responsible arrangements, and humane treatment towards street hawkers and cycle and cart vendors’.
https://kathmandupost.com/visual-stories/2023/07/12/demonstration-staged-outside-kmc-office-against-city-police-brutality
