KATHMANDU, Jan. 26 -- The Joint Self-employed Street Traders Struggle Committee (JSSTSC) has announced a phase-wise protest against the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC), putting forth a seven-point charter of demands.

Organizing a press conference in the capital on Friday, the JSSTSC declared that it will wage a protest from January 29 to February 11 under various phases. Accordingly, the JSSTSC will hand over a memorandum to the KMC on January 29, will organize a sit-in and picketing along with a public demonstration at the KMC office on January 30, and will submit a memorandum to the Kathmandu District Administration Office on January 31, said Maya Gurung, the president of Nepal Self-employed Trade Workers Association.

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