Nawalparasi (East), June 7: A school building for Shree Tribhuwan Secondary School at Bulingtar Rural Municipality, Nawalparasi (East) has been inaugurated.
The building, built with Government of India’s financial assistance at the total cost of Rs 27.51 million under the ‘Nepal-India Development Cooperation’ was jointly inaugurated by Dr Shashank Koirala, Member of the House of Representatives of Nepal, Bhagauti Yadav, Chief of the District Coordination Committee, Nawalparasi (West), Dipendra Sunari, Chairman of Bulingtar Municipality and Dr Sahil Kumar, First Secretary, the Embassy of India, Kathmandu, amid a function here today.
Others present on the occasion were political representatives, government officials, social workers, representatives of the school management, teachers, parents and students.
The Government of India grant under ‘Nepal-India Development Cooperation’, was utilised for the construction of school building comprising class rooms, rooms for examination, principal, staff, administration, lab for zoology, botany, physics and chemistry, library, computer, and separate toilets for boys and girls.
This project was taken up as a High Impact Community Development Project (HICDP), under an Agreement between Government of India and Government of Nepal on High Impact Community Development Projects, and was implemented through District Coordination Committee, Nawalparasi (West).
On the occasion, the participants in their remarks appreciated the continued developmental support of the Government of India in priority sectors.
The project is expected to be useful in providing better education facilities to the students of Shree Tribhuwan Secondary School, and create an improved environment for learning as well as contribute to the development of the education, according to the Embassy of India in Nepal.
Since 2003, the GoI has taken up over 551 HICDPs in Nepal in various sectors and has completed 490 projects. Amongst these, 59 projects are in Gandaki Province, including 3 projects in Nawalparasi (East) District. In addition to these, the GoI has gifted 1009 ambulances and 300 school buses to various hospitals, health posts and educational institutions in Nepal. Amongst these, 119 ambulances and 40 school buses have been gifted to Gandaki Province, with 9 ambulances and 10 school buses to Nawalparasi (East) district alone.
As close neighbours, India and Nepal share wide-ranging and multi-sectoral cooperation. The implementation of HICDPs reflects the continued support of the GoI in bolstering the efforts of the Government of Nepal in the upliftment of its people, augmenting infrastructure in the field of priority sectors, especially in the education sector in Nepal.
