Protesting the police intervention in their sit-in on Friday, the agitating teachers led by Nepal Educational Republican Forum have announced valley bandh on Sunday.

Valley Bandh again: People walking and on cycles during the bandh called by the agitating teachers led by Nepal Educational Republican Forum at New Baneswor, Sunday, May 27 07. No vehicles were seen on the roads. nepalnews.com/rh

Guna Raj Lohani, president of Forum, said that the bandh has been announced to protest the ‘tyrannical oppression’ against peaceful agitation by a democratic government. He said five dozen teachers were injured in the incident.

The meeting of the Forum, Saturday, had announced the bandh. The meeting also decided that if the eight parties show their willingness to resolve educational problems, they would be flexible enough to withdraw school strike.

The Forum has accused the Education Minister of making provocative remarks. It has asked Minister Pradeep Nepal to apologise for calling Forum as terrorist outfit.

Furthermore, Maoist-affiliated All Nepal National Independent Students Union (ANNISU-Revolutionary) has warned to intensify its agitation and lock up accounts and administration sections of private schools if the government does not fulfill their demands. It has also warned to lock up government education offices and department.

At the strike call of Forum, 7.8 million students of over 35,000 schools across the country have been affected. The schools have remained shut down since last ten days.

Meanwhile, the Nepal Tourism Board (NTB) has arranged shuttle bus service for national and international air passengers from airport to various hotels and vice versa today from 10.00 am 4:00 pm.

According to the NTB, the shuttle bus will operate in three different routes as follows.

Route 1
Airport – NAC – Newroad – Hotel Annapurna – Thamel Chowk – Lainchour Chowk – Hotel Shanker Hotel – Ambassador – Airport

Route 2
Airport – Hotel Radisson – Hotel Shangrila – Narayan Gopal Chowk – Maharajganj Chowk – Hyatt Regency – Chabahil Chowk – Hotel Dwarika – Airport

Route 3
Airport – Tinkune Chowk – Hotel Everest – Maitighar Chowk – Hotel Himalaya – Hotel Soaltee – Hotel Grand – Airport

For further information, the Tourist Police can be reached at 4247041 and 01 6213591 or NTB’s Media Center can be reached at 4225709 or 9851087744.