KATHMANDU, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- Curfews were clamped in four cities in southern Nepal and the situation across the south plains of the country is still tough on Friday, according to local media reports.
In Lahan, Siraha district, some 150 km southeast to capital kathmandu, the curfew was imposed from 11 a.m. local time (0515 GMT) to 4 p.m. local time (1015 GMT), the reports quoted District governor Shashi Shekhar Shrestha as saying.
In Janakpur, Dhahusa, some 130 km to Kathmandu, the district administration set the curfew time from 7 a.m. (0115 GMT) to 5 p.m.(1115 GMT), the reports said, adding that in Birgunj, Parsa district, some 95 km south to Kathmandu, the local government clamped a curfew from 9 a.m. (0215 GMT) to 9 p.m. (1515 GMT).
In Biratnagar, Morang district, some 240 km southest to Kathmandu, the district administration imposed curfew from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., it added.
Madhesi People's Rights Forum's (MPRF, also called Madhesi Janadhikar Forum) activists went on with protests and strikes, while some of them continued to vandalize public properties in the above mentioned districts and some other south Terai plains districts like Mahottari and Bara.
The violent demonstrations led by MPRF began last Friday. The Forum claimed that one of its members was shot dead by a cadre of the Communist Party of Nepal (formerly known as guerrilla). MPRF later collided with policemen, in which four people were killed.
