KATHMANDU, NOVEMBER 18
The foundation stone was laid for construction of a new building for Shree Naharpur Secondary school under the assistance of Indian government in Butwal Sub-Metropollitan City-11, Rupandehi, on Wednesday.
Karun Bansal, Head of the Development Partnership and Reconstruction Wing of the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu, and Shiv Raj Subedi, Mayor of Butwal Sub-Metropolitan City, laid the foundation stone.
According to a statement released by the Indian Embassy, the new school building in Naharpur will be constructed at a cost of Rs. 44.17 million as part of the India-Nepal Development Partnership's High Impact Community Development Project (HICDP).
"Shree Naharpur Secondary School is an old school in this area set up in 1971. Once completed, the school will shift to its new premises.
Currently, 1127 students are enrolled in the school, about 50% of which are girl students."
Since 2003, India has completed 454 projects in the areas of health, education, drinking water, connectivity, sanitation and creation of other public utilities across all 7 provinces of Nepal under grassroots level HICDPs. Out of this, 60 are in Province -5, including ten completed projects in Rupandehi District and 9 projects under various stages of completion in Province 5, including 2 in Rupandehi District, Indian embassy claimed.
The statement further states that India and Nepal enjoy a multi-faceted and multi-sectoral development partnership that is reflective of the closeness of the people of both countries.
"Today's laying of the foundation stone reflects the continued commitment of the Government of India in complementing the efforts of the Government of Nepal to create infrastructure in priority sectors."
