Kathmandu, March 21

Ambassador of India Ranjit Rae today inaugurated the newly constructed buildings of Shree Indra Rajya Laxmi Higher Secondary School in Lamachaur and Shree Janapriya Multiple Campus in Pokhara.

A press statement issued in the capital today by the Embassy of India said the three-storey building of Indra Rajya Laxmi Higher Secondary School was constructed with Indian government’s assistance of Rs 36.3 million and Janapuriya Campus building was built with assistance of Rs 26.3 million.

The school, established in 1949, provides education to 600 students and 50 per cent of the total students are girls. The campus is a community-based institution affiliated to Tribhuvan University, and is providing education up to masters level to around 3,500 students, of whom 55 per cent are girls.

According to the statement, both projects, carried out under Government of India’s Small Development Project Scheme in cooperation with the Government of Nepal, has been instrumental in promoting socio-economic development in Nepal.

The statement read that in addition to these projects, seven other educational projects had been completed under the same scheme in Kaski in the past.

The Embassy of India also gifted nine ambulances and three buses to the districts to meet local needs.

Likewise, the Government of India has extended assistance of around Rs 300 million for renovation, restoration and upgradation of various religious, cultural and historical sites in Nepal.

The statement further read that the India-Nepal Economic programme had an outlay of over Rs 76 billion with more than 522 large and small development projects completed or currently being implemented in almost all the districts of Nepal.

These development projects, mainly focused on education, health and infrastructure development sectors, have been undertaken in response to local needs in partnership with the Government of Nepal.

During his inaugural speech, Rae highlighted the need to promote education as the main backbone of holistic development of the society and the main drive for developing the nation’s economic as well as social status.