India-built school building inaugurated in Nuwakot

KATHMANDU: Prashant Kumar Sona, Second Secretary, Embassy of India, Kathmandu and Rajindra Bikram Singh Thakuri, Chief, District Coordination Committee, Nuwakot, jointly inaugurated the School Building of Shree Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School, Bidur Municipality, Nuwakot, on Tuesday.

The inauguration was followed by transfer of assets from DCC to Bidur Municipality.

Mayor of Bidur Municipality Rajan Shrestha, leaders from major political parties, educationists, government officials and members from civil society were present during the event.

The project was undertaken with the grant assistance from Government of India at the cost of NRs 25.00 million under India-Nepal Development Cooperation in Education Sector as a Community Development Project. This is one of the 75 projects being inaugurated this year in Nepal as part of “India@75 Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav” which celebrates 75 years of India’s independence.

Shree Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School was established in 1951 and was designed by K.I.Singh an Indian Engineer who came for the Trishuli Hydro Electric Project. The school has over 1,343 students, about 60% of whom are girls.

The new infrastructure created for the school in Nepal with the Government of India assistance will provide a facility of the improved environment to the students for seeking better education. The project is testimony to the long standing Nepal- India cooperation.

Since 2003, India has taken up over 527 High Impact Community Development Projects (HICDPs) in Nepal and has completed 470 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.

Out of this, 103 HICDPs are in Bagmati Pradesh, including 7 projects in Nuwakot District.

India and Nepal enjoy multi-faceted and multi-sectoral development partnership that is reflective of the closeness of the people of both countries.

The implementation of this school project reflects the continued support of the Government of India in complementing the efforts of the Government of Nepal to create infrastructure in priority sectors like education.