Footpath Business Resumes as Kathmandu Metropolitan Police Scale Back Operations After Self-Immolation Incident

Kathmandu. Business activities have started on the footpaths of main areas within the Kathmandu Metropolitan City, including New Road, Sundhara, and Baneshwor. The roads and footpaths, which appeared very organized, clean, and disciplined just two days ago, now look chaotic. Metropolitan police are absent from the busiest areas of the metropolis. The main reason for the metropolitan police's reluctance to patrol the streets and withdraw from their regular duties is the Ganesh Nepali self-immolation incident. A minor dispute that arose when the metropolitan police, deeming it a violation of rules, 'wheel-locked' a motorcycle parked haphazardly in front of the Passport...