KATHMANDU: A team of Nepali Disaster Volunteers (NDV) handed over five reconstructed classrooms to a school in Khandichaur of Sindhupalchok district on Friday.

School Inspector and representative from the Sindhupalchok District Education Office Uday Koirala was present at the handover ceremony.

Koirala expressed his contentment over the programme as now the classrooms at Shree Bal Shiksha School had adhered to the JICA guidelines.

This is NDV’s first major construction project, the organisation informed in a statement.

Over 30 volunteers from different countries had worked to construct the school over the period of five months.

Construction Project Coordinator Andy Brown thanked the school and the local community for their hospitality.