India laid foundation stone to build High Impact Community Development Projects in Doti

Kathmandu: Bhairav Bahadur Saud, Chairman, Badikedar Rural Municipality, Doti, and Prashant Kumar Sona, Second Secretary, Embassy of India, Kathmandu have laid the foundation stone for the construction of Shree Kedar Jyotipunja Multiple Campus School Building at Badikedar Rural Municipality, Doti. They laid the foundation stone on Monday.

The Government of India financially assisted at the tendered cost of NRs.28.90 million under ‘Nepal-India Development Cooperation’ for the project. Political representatives, government officials, social workers, representatives of the Campus management, lecturers, parents, and students were also present on this occasion.

The Government of India grant under ‘Nepal-India Development Cooperation’, will be utilized for the construction of double storied campus building with other facilities for this campus. The project is taken as a High Impact Community Development Project (HICDP), under an Agreement between the Gothe government of India and the Gothe government of Nepal, and is implemented through Badikedar Rural Municipality, Doti. The project is an important example of a very robust development partnership between India and Nepal.

Chairman, of Badikedar Rural Municipality in his remarks appreciated the continued developmental support of the Government of India in the upliftment of the people of Nepal in its priority sectors.

Once the construction of this campus building is complete, this new infrastructure will help to provide better education facilities for the students of Shree Kedar Jyotipunja Multiple Campus and would create an improved environment for learning and contribute to the development of education in this area.

Since 2003, The government of India has taken up over 550 HICDPs in Nepal in various sectors and has completed 488 projects. Amongst these, 40 Projects are in Sudurpashcum Province in various sectors, which includes 4 projects in Doti. In addition to these, the government of India has gifted 974 ambulances and 234 school buses to various hospitals, health posts, and educational institutions in Nepal on the occasion of Independence Day and Republic Day of India. Amongst these, 60 Ambulances and 20 School Buses have been gifted in Sudurpashcum Province, which includes 8 ambulances and 2 school buses provided in Doti District.

As close neighbors India and Nepal share wide-ranging and multi-sectoral cooperation. The implementation of HICDPs reflects the continued support of the Government of India in bolstering the efforts of the Government of Nepal intheupliftmentt of its people and augmenting infrastructure in the field priority sector, especially in the education sector in Nepal.