Gen Z protests leave over 300 local unit offices in ruins

Koshi Province suffered the heaviest damage of rural municipalities, with offices of eight rural municipalities destroyed.

At least 300 local units across the nation remain paralysed as the violent protests left government offices in flames, public records destroyed and elected representatives homeless. Four of the country’s six metropolitan cities—Biratnagar, Birgunj, Bharatpur and Pokhara—have been devastated, with only Kathmandu and Lalitpur escaping major destruction.