School building built with Indian grant inaugurated in Kapilvastu

KATHMANDU: The Indian Embassy has handed over the school building of Shree Secondary School in Buddhabhumi Municipality of Kapilvastu District, Nepal, to the concerned authorities.

Issuing a statement on Friday, the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu said its first secretary Karun Bansal inaugurated the school building. Brijesh Kumar Gupta, Member of Parliament from Kapilvastu-2, District Coordination Committee Chief Baburam Acharya, Mayor of Buddhabhumi Municipality Keshav Shreshtha were among those present during the event.

“The project was undertaken with the grant assistance from the Government of India at the cost of Rs 34 million under India-Nepal Development Program in Education Sector as a Community Development Project. This is one of the projects being inaugurated this year as part of ‘India@75 Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav’ celebrations which commemorates 75 years of India’s independence,” the Indian mission in Kathmandu added in the statement.

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 seven provinces of Nepal.