KATHMANDU, AUGUST 2

Prashant Kumar Sona, second secretary, Embassy of India, Kathmandu, and Rajindra Bikram Singh Thakuri, chief of District Coordination Committee, Nuwakot, jointly inaugurated the newly-constructed building of Shree Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School in Bidur Municipality, Nuwakot.

The inauguration was followed by transfer of assets from DCC to Bidur Municipality.

Mayor of Bidur Municipality Rajan Shrestha, leaders of major political parties, educationists, government officials and members of civil society were present during the event.

According to the embassy, the project was undertaken with grant assistance from the Government of India amounting to Rs 25 million under India-Nepal Development Cooperation in Education Sector as a Community Development Project. This is one of the 75 projects inaugurated this year in Nepal as part of 'India@75 Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' which celebrates 75 years of India's independence.

The school was established in 1951 and was designed by KI Singh, an Indian engineer who came for Trishuli Hydro Electric Project. The school has over 1,343 students, about 60 per cent of whom are girls. The new infrastructure built for the school with the Government of India's assistance will provide an environment to students for better education. The project is testimony of the longstanding Nepal-India cooperation.

Since 2003, India has taken up over 527 High Impact Community Development Projects in Nepal and has completed 470 projects in the areas of health, education, drinking water, connectivity, sanitation and creation of other public utilities across all seven provinces of Nepal at the grassroots level.

Of these, 103 HICDPs are in Bagmati Province, including seven projects in Nuwakot, said the embassy. According to the embassy, India and Nepal enjoy multi-faceted and multi-sectoral development partnership.

A version of this article appears in the print on August 3, 2022 of The Himalayan Times.