India provides Nepal Rs 1.9 crore for school buildings

Kathmandu, Jul 25 (PTI) Indian ambassador to Nepal
Rakesh Sood Saturday handed over two newly constructed school
buildings worth Rs 1.96 crore to the local communities here.

The school buildings for Sri Amar Singh Model Higher
Secondary School in Pokhara and Nilkantha Campus in Dhading
Besi district west of Kathmandu were built with Rs 1.96 crore
grant provided by government of India under its educational
infrastructure upgradation programme.

Nilkantha Campus is among the reputed educational
institutions in Dhading district. Established as the first
community college in the district in 2000, it has now 2,100
students.

Sri Amar Singh Model Higher Secondary School of Pokhara
established in 1957 is recognized as a model school in western
Nepal. The newly built library building with the help of India
will cater to the needs of over 2,000 students of the school.

These buildings stand as a symbol of friendship between
Nepal and India, a statement issued by the Indian Embassy
said.

India-Nepal economic cooperation programme has an outlay
of over NRs 2500 crores with more than 330 large and small
projects currently being implemented in all districts of Nepal
in the sectors of education, health, and infrastructure
development. PTI