Kathmandu, Apr. 5:  Foundation stone was laid by Dr. Narayan Khadka, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Namgya C. Khampa, Charge’d Affaires, Embassy of India, Kathmandu for construction of a new school building of  Shree Bal Mandir Secondary School at Triyuga Municipality, Gaighat in Udayapur District on Tuesday.  The project is being undertaken in Education Sector with the grant assistance from Government of India at the cost of NRs.31.13 million under India-Nepal Development Cooperation as a Community Development Project.

 Shree Bal Mandir Secondary School is an old established school Udayapur District. Once completed, the school will shift to its new premises. Currently, 1100 students are enrolled in the school, about 70% of which are girl students.

 Since 2003, India has taken up over 523 High Impact Community Development Projects (HICDPs) in Nepal and has completed 467 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, 71 HICDPs are in Province-1, including                8 completed projects in Udayapur District and another 8 projects under various stages of completion.

 India and Nepal enjoy multi-faceted and multi-sectoral development partnership that is reflective of the closeness of the people of both countries. Today’s laying of the foundation stone reaffirms the continued commitment of the Government of India in complementing the efforts of the Government        of Nepal to create infrastructure in priority sectors like education.