KATHMANDU, APRIL 5
A foundation stone was laid by Minister of Foreign Affairs Narayan Khadka, Government of Nepal, and Namgya C Khampa, Charge d' Affaires, Embassy of India, for construction of a new school building of Shree Bal Mandir Secondary School in Triyuga Municipality, Gaighat, in Udayapur.
According to the embassy, the project is being undertaken in the Education Sector with a grant assistance from the Government of India at a cost of Rs 31.13 million under India-Nepal Development Cooperation as a Community Development Project.
Shree Bal Mandir Secondary School is an old established school in Udayapur. Once completed, the school will shift to its new building.
Currently, 1,100 students are enrolled in the school, about 70 per cent of them are girl students.
Since 2003, India has taken up over 523 High Impact Community Development Projects in Nepal and completed 467 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. Out of this, 71 HICDPs are in Province 1, including eight completed projects in Udayapur district and another eight projects are under various stages of completion.
India and Nepal enjoy 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 reaffirms the continued commitment of the Government of India in complementing the efforts of the Government of Nepal to create infrastructure in priority sectors such as education, said the embassy.
A version of this article appears in the print on April 6, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
