Author: Himalaya Post

Kathmandu- Hon’ble Minister for Communications and Information Technology of the Government of Nepal, Gyanendra Bahadur Karki and Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy of India, Namgy C. Khampa jointly inaugurated the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital building constructed in Shadananda Municipality of Bhojpur District with the financial assistance of the Government of India. The inauguration ceremony was attended by embassy officials and local government representatives. Built at a cost of Nepali Rupees 22.6 million, the project is one of 75 projects to be inaugurated in Nepal this year under the “Amrit Mahotsav of Independence” initiated by the Government of India to celebrate the 75th anniversary of India’s independence. This hospital will provide better access to quality healthcare to the people of Bhojpur district and other surrounding districts. The 15-bed hospital has maternity ward, 24-hour emergency medical examination room, pediatric ward, operating room, waiting room, pathology lab, doctor’s and nurse’s room, separate toilet for women and visitors and furniture and hospital equipment to provide better health care to the people. Has been done. Since 2003, India has carried out more than 523 high impact community development projects in Nepal, of which 467 have been completed. Of them, 4 are from Bhojpur and 78 are in State 1. In addition, the Government of India has so far donated three ambulances in Bhojpur district. Speaking on the occasion, Khampa said the project...

Kathmandu- A meeting of the Disaster Management Committee between Nepal and India has been concluded. The 14th meeting on flood and flood management was held in Nepal from 9th to 12th of February last year.   The meeting was co-chaired by Sushil Chandra Acharya, Director General of the Department of Water Resources and Irrigation and Sher Singh, Planning Member of the Ganga Flood Control Commission of India. The meeting was concluded by signing the minutes on...

Kathmandu- The second meeting of the project monitoring committee under construction in Nepal-India cooperation has been concluded. The second meeting of the Project Monitoring Committee was held in Kathmandu on Monday to discuss the Nepal-India Friendship Polytechnic Foundation under construction in Hetauda with the support of the Government of India. The meeting was co-chaired by Kamal Prasad Pokhrel, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Government of Nepal and Satish Sivan, Joint Secretary, Development Partnership Administration Division, Ministry of External Affairs, India. The overall implementation aspect and progress of the project was reviewed in the meeting. The committee has directed the contractors and consultants to complete the project on time. Stating that the project could not pick up speed due to the covid epidemic, both sides said that the project has overcome the challenge posed by the epidemic and is now in the final stages of construction. Similarly, the next meeting of the project monitoring committee between the two sides will be held in a way that is conducive to both the...