Kathmandu : The Kathmandu Administration has issued an order to prohibit protests in the Narayanhiti Palace Museum area. Chief District Officer of Kathmandu, Rishiram Tiwari informed that the protest activities such as hunger strike, sit-in, picketing, procession, rally, demonstration and gathering of more than five persons are prohibited in the stipulated area from May 31 to June 7.
According to him, the order prohibits protest activities in the area from Keshar Mahal Chowk to Narayanhiti Palace Museum’s South Gate up to Jay Nepal Mode, and from Mahendra Salik to Narayanhiti Palace Museum’s South Gate.
In recommendation of the District Security Committee Kathmandu as per the Local Administration Act, Clause 6 (3)(a), the order was enforced in the museum area in addition to the areas prohibited earlier, he informed.
