Kathmandu- The foundation stone of a new building of Shree Naharpur Secondary School in Butwal, which is being constructed with the financial assistance of the Government of India, has been laid.
The foundation stone for the new building of Shree Naharpur Secondary School in Rupandehi was laid by Karun Vanshal, Head of Development Partnership and Reconstruction Division, Embassy of India in Kathmandu and Shivraj Subedi, Mayor of Butwal Municipality.
The new school building will be constructed as a high impact community development project under the Nepal-India Development Partnership Program at a cost of 4.417 crore rupee.
Established in 1971, Shree Naharpur Secondary School is the oldest school in the area. Once the construction is completed, the school will move to a new building. At present 1127 students are studying in the school out of which about 505 are female students.
Since 2003, India has completed construction of 454 projects in seven provinces of Nepal under the High Impact Community Development Project in the areas of Public Utilities including Health, Drinking Water, Connectivity, Sanitation. Out of these projects, 10 projects have been completed in Rupandehi district and there are 60 projects in 5 states, out of which 9 projects are in different stages of construction.
India and Nepal have a multifaceted and multi-sectoral development partnership that reflects the closeness between the two peoples. This foundation stone reflects the fact that the Government of India has always been committed to supporting the Government of Nepal’s efforts to develop infrastructure in priority areas.
