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Earlier this year, there was a lot of violence in Terai Plain of Nepal. Madheshi people held a series of demonstration for their demands and a number of people died that time. Nepalese government is now trying to find a solution to the problem and it seems that a peace deal is going to help in this regard.

Monsters and Critics.com reported:

The government and the ethnic Madhesi People's Rights Forum (MPRF) said they reached a 22-point agreement that will halt protests which have periodically crippled commerce in the restive south.

'Nepal is now on its way to becoming a federal autonomous state with guaranteed representation of all ethnic groups in all levels of government,' MPRF president Upendra Yadav said. 'All our protest programmes have now been withdrawn.'

The government agreed to provide compensation to those killed during violent protests in southern Nepal during January and February.

This is good news for Nepal. However, I am not very optimistic about the peace deal as Nepalese government has not agreed to the main demand of the Madhesi People. Madhesi people constitute over 30% of the population and they live in flat areas of Nepal. They want proper representation in Nepalese parliament according to their population size.