School
building of Shree Pokharvindi Secondary School, Rohini Rural Municipality-2,
Bhatpurwa, Rupandehi District, built with Government of India’s financial
assistance of NRs.12.50 million under ‘Nepal-India Development Cooperation’ was
formally inaugurated by Rt. Hon’ble Vice President of Nepal Mr. Ram Sahaya Yadav
in the presence of Shri Prasanna Shirivastava, Chargé d'affaires, Embassy of
India, Kathmandu. Political
representatives, government officials, social workers, representatives of the
school management, teachers, parents and students were also present on this occasion.
2. The Government of India grant under
‘Nepal-India Development Cooperation’, was utilized for the construction of a
double storied school building. The project was taken up as a High Impact
Community Development Project (HICDP), earlier known as Small Development
Projects, under an Agreement between the Government of India and the Government
of Nepal. This project was implemented through District Coordination Committee,
Rupandehi.
3. Speaking on the occasion, Rt Hon’ble Vice
President of Nepal appreciated the assistance provided by the Government of
India for the development of infrastructure in Nepal in educational as well as
various other sectors and added that the developmental partnership between the
two countries has immensely contributed towards strengthening of the bonds of
friendship between our two peoples.
4. Shri Prasanna Shrivastava, Chargé
d'affaires, Embassy of India, Kathmandu highlighted that the project is an important part of the very
robust development partnership between India and Nepal, which has made
significant progress in the recent
years, spanning various priority sectors of the Government of Nepal and its
people. He expressed continued commitment of the Government of India to
continue to bolster the development partnership as per the priorities of
Government of Nepal and for the benefits of the peoples of both countries.
5. Shree Pokharvindi Secondary School was
established in 1959. Since then, it has been imparting education to the
students of the area in this region upto 10th standard and has achieved
remarkable success in terms of quality education with improved environment. The
school is having the strength of students over 600, about 55% of whom are girls
students.
6. Since 2003, India has taken up over 550
HICDPs in Nepal in various sectors and has completed 488 projects. Amongst
these, 60 Projects are in Lumbini Province, which includes 12 projects in
Rupandehi. In addition to these, Government of India has gifted 974 ambulances
and 234 school buses to various hospital, health posts and educational
institutions in Nepal on the occasion
of Independence Day and Republic Day of India. Amongst these, 160 Ambulances
and 35 School Buses have been gifted in Lumbini Province, which includes 29
Ambulances and 14 School Buses provided in Rupandehi District, till date.
7. As close neighbors, India and Nepal share
wide-ranging and multi-sectoral cooperation. The implementation of HICDPs
projects reflects the continued support of the Government of India in bolstering
the efforts of the Government of Nepal in upliftment of its people, augmenting
infrastructure in the field of priority sector especially in the education
sector in Nepal.
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Kathmandu, Nepal
26th November 2023
