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Tension ran high at New Baneshwor in the Capital on Monday after the agitating government relief quota teachers clashed with police during a protest rally.

The situation in the area became tense when the relief quota teachers attempted to breach the prohibited zone. The clash ensued when the police tried to stop the agitating teachers who began their rally from Maitighar Mandala.

The agitating teachers, however, remained adamant and tried to breach the prohibited zone following which the police fired teargas shells and water-canon to disperse the protesters.

Nepal Relief Teachers Central Struggle Committee Chairman Khemraj Adhikari, talking to the Post, said some of the teachers have sustained injuries when the police fired teargas shells at them during the clash.

The teachers working at public schools under the government relief quota have been demanding the government add a provision in the Federal Education Bill to make them permanent through internal competition.

According to the relief quota teachers’ association, there are around 40,000 teachers are working under relief quota.