KATHMANDU, MARCH 2
New buildings, including a multi-purpose hall, boys' hostel and teachers' quarters of Nepal Police School in Dhangadi, Kailali, were inaugurated today by First Secretary at the Embassy of India Naveen Kumar, along with Sudurpaschim Minister of Internal Affairs and Law, Purna Joshi.
Officials from Kailali District Coordination Committee, School Management Committee as well as local government representatives were present in the event. This is one of the 75 projects being inaugurated this year in Nepal as a part of 'India@75 AzadiKaAmritMahotsav' which celebrated 75 years of India's independence.
According to the embassy, these new buildings at Nepal Police School were constructed at a cost of Rs 42.26 million with the coordination of the India-Nepal Development Cooperation under the financial assistance of the Government of India.
Set up in 1985, the school currently has 665 students. Since 2003, India has taken up over 523 High Impact Community Development Projects in Nepal and completed 467 of them.
Among them, 32 projects were undertaken in Sudurpaschim, including eight projects in Kailali district.
Moreover, the Government of India has gifted eight ambulances and seven school buses to Kailali district, including one school bus to Nepal Police School in 2013.
"As close neighbours, India and Nepal have multi-faceted and multi-sectoral development partnership.
The creation of infrastructure under the India-Nepal Development Cooperation reflects the continued support of the Government of India in bolstering the efforts of the Government of Nepal in education sector," the embassy said in a press release.
A version of this article appears in the print on March 3, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
