Kathmandu, Feb. 16 -- The 'No Cable Car' group at Pathibhara declared its second round of protests on Wednesday, reacting to the government's refusal to form a high-level political dialogue mechanism to address the problem.

Prior to that, the government team and the group had held talks on February 9 as per a previous understanding. The government was determined to hold the dialogue between the government team led by Home Ministry Joint-secretary Prem Prasad Bhattarai and representatives of the protesters.

Soon after the agitating group announced their protest, Home Minister Ramesh Lekhak on the same day called them for an informal dialogue. However, Minister Lekhak wanted them to negotiate with the Bhattrai-led team of officials rather...