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The Kathmandu Metropolitan City has deployed 15 ambulances to take those who were injured during the Gen Z protest in New Baneshwor to the hospital.

According to KMC Police Chief Rajunath Pandey, ambulances have been deployed to quickly take those injured during the protest to the hospital and the city police have also been mobilized to immediately rescue the injured.

The KMC has stated that it has arranged ambulances with the aim of providing additional support in the treatment of protesters and security personnel injured during the protest in the Capital.

After receiving reports of problems in treatment due to lack of beds due to the increasing number of injured in hospitals, KMC Mayor Balendra Shah directed to help transport patients to the available hospital as per the need, said Pandey.

Most of the injured are undergoing treatment at Civil Hospital in Naya Baneshwor and the Trauma Center and Bir Hospital in Mahanakal and Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital in Maharajgunj, among others.

Two persons died in police firing during the protest of Gen Z in Itahari on Monday.

The identities of the deceased are yet to be established.

Their bodies have been kept at the BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences in Dharan.

Earlier, the District Administration Office had clamped a curfew after the protest took a violent turn.

Chief District Officer Dharmendra Kumar Mishra said that they were compelled to issue a curfew order after the protesters entered the office of the Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City and resorted to arson and vandalism.

Unrest killed at least 14 people and injured dozens in Nepal's capital on Monday, state TV said, as police fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters trying to storm parliament in anger at a social media shutdown and corruption, Reuters reported.

Some protesters forced their way into the parliament complex by breaking through a barricade, a local official said, setting fire to an ambulance, hurling objects at riot police and ferrying the injured to hospital on motorcycles.

"The police have been firing indiscriminately," one protester told the ANI news agency. "(They) fired bullets which missed me but hit a friend who was standing behind me. He was hit in the hand."

More than 50 people were injured, Nepal Television said, according to Reuters.

There was no official confirmation of the deaths and injuries and Reuters could not independently verify the figures.

Ekram Giri, a parliamentary spokesperson, said some protesters had entered the premises but not the main building, and had been driven out by police.

Organisers of the protests, which spread to other cities in the Himalayan country, have called them "demonstrations by Gen Z". They say the protests reflect young people's widespread frustration with the government and anger over its policies, Reuters reported.

The identities of three persons out of six who died in the National Trauma Center have been ascertained, the hospital administration said.

The deceased have been identified as Global College student Shree Yam Chaulagain, Shulabh Shrestha of Banke and Buddhi Tamang of Kirtipur.

The identities of three others are yet to be established.

Meanwhile, 50 people injured in the protest of Gen Z against corruption and ban on social media are undergoing treatment at the Trauma Center.

A person died in police firing during the protest of Gen Z in Itahari on Monday.

The identity of the deceased is yet to be established.

Earlier, the District Administration Office had clamped a curfew after the protest took a violent turn.

Chief District Officer Dharmendra Kumar Mishra said that they were compelled to issue a curfew order after the protesters entered the office of the Itahari Sub-Metropolitan City and resorted to arson and vandalism.

Health Minister Pradip Paudel has directed all federal hospitals under its subordination to ensure free treatment to those injured in the course of today's demonstration in Kathmandu.

The circular to this regard asks for prompt treatment of the injured in the protests waged by the 'Gen Z' group.

The Ministry directs bodies concerned for making the ambulance services further effective and its timely reach in the needy areas.

Ambulance service network in the Kathmandu Valley has been called to facilitate the transport of referral cases from the hospitals.

Likewise, the entire health professionals including doctors have been urged to get united in the handling of the injured cases ensuring access to treatment.

The death toll in the Gen Z protest in New Baneshwor has reached 14.

The Ministry of Health and Population has confirmed the number of deaths.

The Ministry has informed six died at the National Trauma Center, two at the Civil Hospital, three at Everest Hospital, two at KMC, and one at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital.

According to the Ministry, around 200 injured people are being treated in various hospitals.

Similarly, the Ministry said that 20 are in critical condition.

A curfew order has also been issued in Rupandehi district after Gen Z protests turned violent across the country.

The administration stated that a curfew order has been issued in the district in view of the situation after Gen Z youths resorted to vandalism.

Rupandehi Chief District Officer Tokraj Pandey issued a curfew order in the Bhairahawa and Butwal areas of the district from 4 pm to 10 pm.