Dang, May 29: A building for Shree Bal Janata Secondary School at Lamahi Municipality, Dang, has been inaugurated.
Ratna Bahadur Khatri, Social Development Minister of Lumbini Province, Nityananda Sharma, Chief of the District Coordination Committee, Jogaraj Chaudhary, Mayor of Lamahi Municipality, and Avinash Kumar Singh, First Secretary, Embassy of India, Kathmandu, jointly inaugurated the building, built with Government of India’s financial assistance at a cost of Rs 17.60 million under ‘Nepal-India Development Cooperation’.
Similarly, a school building for Shree Padmodaya Public Model Secondary School at Ghorahi Sub Metropolitan City, Dang, built with the Government of India’s financial assistance at a cost of Rs 28.70 million under ‘Nepal-India Development Cooperation’ was also inaugurated jointly today by Nityananda Sharma, Chief of the District Coordination Committee, Narulal Chaudhary, Mayor of Ghorahi Sub Metropolitan City, and Avinash Kumar Singh, First Secretary, Embassy of India, Kathmandu.
Political representatives, government officials, social workers, representatives of the school management, teachers, parents and students were also present on this occasion.
The Government of India grant under ‘Nepal-India Development Cooperation’, was utilised for the construction of double storied school building, laboratories, provisioning of lab equipment, furniture and other facilities at Shree Bal Janata Secondary School at Lamahi Municipality.
Also, the GoI grant was utilised for the construction of a double storied school building with other facilities at Shree Padmodaya Public Secondary School at Ghorahi Sub Metropolitan City, Dang. These projects were taken up as a High Impact Community Development Project (HICDP), under an Agreement between GoI and GoN on High Impact Community Development Projects. The projects were implemented through the District Coordination Committee, Dang.
On the occasion, in their remarks, Minister of Lumbini Province, Chief DCC, Mayor of Sub Metropolitan City and Mayor of Lamahi Municipality, Dang appreciated the continued developmental support of the Government of India in priority sectors.
The set up created would be useful in providing better education facilities to students of Shree Bal Janata Secondary School and Shree Padmodaya Public Model Secondary School in Dang, Nepal and would create an improved environment for learning as well as contribute to the development of the education in this region, they said.
Since 2003, GoI has taken up over 551 HICDPs in Nepal in various sectors and has completed 490 projects. Amongst these, 61 projects are in Lumbini Province in various sectors, which include 6 projects in Dang. In addition, GoI has gifted 1009 ambulances and 300 school buses to various hospitals, health posts and educational institutions in Nepal. Amongst these, 164 ambulances and 43 school buses have been gifted in Lumbini Province, including 19 ambulances and 5 school buses provided in Dang District.
As close neighbours, India and Nepal share wide-ranging and multi-sectoral cooperation. The implementation of HICDPs reflects the continued support of the Government of India in bolstering the efforts of the Government of Nepal in upliftment of its people, augmenting infrastructure in the field of priority sector, especially in the education sector in Nepal.
