Hundreds of traders from New Road in Kathmandu staged a peaceful protest on Wednesday demanding that the government ease the ongoing lockdown.

Traders with placards took to the streets of New Road, Ranjana Galli and Dharmapath, among other places, asking the government to allow them to open up shop after more than 75 days of lockdown.

[Visual story: New Road traders open shutters]

The business people said that the protracted lockdown was badly affecting their businesses, depriving them of their livelihoods.

Here are some images of the protest taken by Post photographer Elite Joshi.