At least 80 people were detained here when they were trying to enforce a general strike for the second day on Monday to protest plans to restructure Nepal as a federal state with six provinces in the new Constitution.
CPN-Maoist-led alliance, Madhesi parties and ethnic groups called for the strike to protest the restructuring plans made by the major political parties, which they say discriminates against historically marginalised communities.
Normal life across <g data-gr-id="14">Neepal</g> was crippled as the CPN-Maoist, the breakaway faction of the Unified CPN-Maoist and Madhesi parties, enforced the strike.
Public transport, however, remained mostly unaffected today as compared to yesterday when it was paralyzed due to the nationwide strike.
The shutdown remained largely peaceful and no major cases of vandalism or destruction of public property <g data-gr-id="16">was</g> reported apart from a few minor incidents.
Police detained 80 protesters for trying to vandalize vehicles, said Senior Superintendent of Police Narayan Singh Khadka of Kathmandu Metropolitan Police.