Kathmandu, July 5 -- Local residents and business owners staged fresh protests in Birgunj on Saturday against the government's road expansion project, demanding compensation and rehabilitation measures before roadside structures are demolished, The Himalayan Times reported.

According to The Himalayan Times, protesters led by the Birgunj Bachau Sangharsha Samiti and the Birgunj Youth and Traders Road Victims Struggle Committee burned tyres and raised slogans against the ongoing demolition drive.

The protests came after bulldozers deployed by the Hetauda Road Division Office and Birgunj Metropolitan City began removing structures built within the road's designated right of way.

The Department of Roads plans to widen the city's main road ...