UDAYAPUR: Foreign Minister Dr. Narayan Khadka and Namgya C. Khampa, Charge’d Affaires, Embassy of India, Kathmandu laid a foundation stone for construction of a new school building of Shree Bal Mandir Secondary School at Triyuga Municipality, Gaighat in Udayapur.

The project is being undertaken in Education Sector with the grant assistance from Government of India at the cost of NRs.31.13 million under India-Nepal Development Cooperation as a Community Development Project.

Shree Bal Mandir Secondary School is an old established school Udayapur district.

Once completed, the school will shift to its new premises. Currently, 1100 students are enrolled in the school, about 70% of which are girl students, a statement issued by the Embassy of India said today.

Since 2003, India has taken up over 523 High Impact Community Development Projects (HICDPs) in Nepal and has completed 467 projects in   the areas of health, education, drinking water, connectivity, sanitation and creation of other public utilities across all 7 provinces of Nepal at the grassroots level, it said.

Out of this, 71 HICDPs are in Province-1, including 8 completed projects in Udayapur District and another 8 projects under various stages of completion.