Tanahun, June 8 -- The business community in Damauli, the district headquarters of Tanahun, took to the streets on Sunday demanding that the authorities ease the lockdown.

Small traders, shopkeepers and big business owners have called on the authorities to find an alternative to the lockdown that has been going on for more than two months now.

They say prolonged lockdown has hit their business as well as increased financial burden on many traders with loan interests and instalments they have been unable to pay.

"We supported the government by following the lockdown rules for more than two months. But now we are struggling for our survival. It's time the government came up with an alternative to this lockdown," said Kumar Mohan Shrestha...