KATHMANDU, JULY 7
Karun Bansal, first secretary, at the Embassy of India inaugurated two school buildings of Shivbhari Secondary School and Shree Janaki Higher Secondary School, Maharajgunj Municipality, in Kapilvastu district today.
These projects were undertaken with grant assistance from the Government of India at a cost of Rs 59.20 million as a Community Development Project under India-Nepal Development Cooperation in Education Sector.
These projects are being inaugurated as part of India@75 Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav celebrations which commemorate 75 years of India's independence.
Shivbhari Secondary School and Shree Janaki Higher Secondary School are old established schools in Kapilvastu District imparting education to more than 700 students and 1,300 students respectively. The new infrastructure built under this project for these schools will create a suitable environment, said the embassy.
Since 2003, India has taken up over 527 High Impact Community Development Projects (HICDPs) 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. Out of this, 60 HICDPs are in Lumbini Province, including five projects in Kapilvastu.
According to the embassy, India and Nepal enjoy multi-faceted and multi-sectoral development partnership that is reflective of the closeness of ties between the two countries.
The implementation of these projects reflects the continued commitment of the Government of India in complementing the efforts of the Government of Nepal to create infrastructure in priority sectors including education.
A version of this article appears in the print on July 8, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
