Kathmandu / Building of Shree Tribhuvan Trishuli Secondary School, Bidur Municipality, Nuwakot inaugurated Today.
Shri
Prashant Kumar Sona, Second Secretary, Embassy of India, Kathmandu and Shri
Rajindra Bikram Singh Thakuri, Chief, District Coordination Committee, Nuwakot
jointly inaugurated the School Building.
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 1343 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.