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India Builds Shree Saptmai Gurukul Sanskrit Vidhyalaya in Ilam District

Posted by | Jul 6, 2020 | ,

Shree Saptmai Gurukul Sanskrit Vidhyalaya, at Barbote Village Development Committee, Ilam, built under the Nepal-Bharat Maitri Development Cooperation programme at a cost of NRs. 31.13 million, was formally inaugurated via video-conferencing by representatives of Barbote VDC, School Management Committee and Embassy of India, Kathmandu. The Vidhyalaya was established in 2009 as a primary school and subsequently upgraded as a Secondary Level School in 2014. The School has a unique qualification of imparting Vedic as well as modern education also in Sanskrit, to its students. The school provides residential facility for students coming from adjoining districts of Ilam. The four storied new school building constructed with Government of India’s grant assistance, has school and hostel blocks comprising of ten class rooms, nine dormitories for residential students, four study rooms, warden office, one living room, one common hall, three store room and separate sanitation facilities for boys and girls on each floor. The project was implemented by DCC, Ilam. The newly built infrastructure of the school is expected to boost learning environment for students. On behalf of people and Government of India, the Embassy is happy to be associated with the project which compliments the effort of Government of Nepal in augmenting infrastructure in the field of...

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Governments of India Extends Financial Assistance of NRs. 37.23 Million For the Construction of Sanitation Facility at Pashupati Area Temple Complex

Posted by | Jun 16, 2020 | ,

Today, Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Embassy of India, Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration and the Kathmandu Metropolitan City for the construction of Sanitation facility within the Pashupati Area Temple Complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. The project will be funded under Nepal-Bharat Maitri: Development Partnership as a High Impact Community Development Project (HICDP or earlier SDPs) by Government of India. The project proposal was forwarded by the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) to the Embassy in October 2019. Under the project, India will extend a financial assistance of NRs 37.23 million for construction of sanitation facilities for use by pilgirms and tourists to the Pashupatinath Temple. The project will be implemented by Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) in accordance with the norms laid out by Government of Nepal (GoN). As per the understanding, KMC will identify a suitable contractor through a tender process for completing the construction work in 15 months from the award of work. Pashupati Temple of Kathmandu is the largest temple complex in Nepal and stretches on both sides of the Bagmati River and sees thousands of worshippers every day. The sanitation project which was agreed to by both governments in August 2014 will complement the efforts of Government of Nepal for upgradation of public utilities in Pashupati Temple Complex....

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“We Have Already Clear Position on Nepal’s Constitution Amendment” : India

Posted by | Jun 14, 2020 | ,

India clears the position and opinion on constitution amendment of Nepal. In response to media queries on the passing of Constitutional Amendment Bill revising the Coat of Arms of Nepal by the House of Representatives of Nepal, the Official Spokesperson of government of India Mr. Anurag Srivastava said, ” We have noted that the House of Representatives of Nepal has passed a constitution amendment bill for changing the map of Nepal to include parts of Indian territory. We have already made our position clear on this matter. This artificial enlargement of claims is not based on historical fact or evidence and is not tenable. It is also violative of our current understanding to hold talks on outstanding boundary issues.”    ...

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India To Re-build 56 Higher Secondary Schools in Nepal

Posted by | Jun 9, 2020 | ,

The Embassy of India and the Central Level Project Implementation Unit (CLPIU) of the Ministry of Education, Nepal signed 7 Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) for re-building 56 higher secondary schools located in Gorkha, Nuwakot, Dhading, Dolakha, Kavrepalanchowk, Ramechhap and Sindhupalchok districts of Nepal. These schools will be re-built as part of Government of India’s post-earthquake reconstruction in Nepal with a grant of NRs. 2.95 billion. 2. These schools will be re-built as per Government of Nepal’s norms for earthquake-resilient reconstruction. The school infrastructure will consist of academic blocks, classrooms along with furniture and separate sanitation facilities for boys and girls. The Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee, a premier institute in India in the field earthquake-resilient reconstruction, will be providing technical hand-holding for re-building these schools. 3. Government of India remains committed to continue collaborating with Government of Nepal and its agencies for socio-economic development of Nepal, including post-earthquake reconstruction projects in...

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Land and nationality can never be exchanged with grants : Bhagwati Chaudhary

Posted by | Jun 6, 2020 | ,

‘High-level diplomatic talks should be held between the two countries to resolve the long-running Nepal-India border dispute, Nepal-India relations and the historic treaty’ Bhagwati Chaudhary, central member of the ruling Communist Party of Nepal (CPN) has talked about the recent border dispute between Nepal and India. Here is an edited excerpt from the conversation : What are we doing nowadays? While the world is battling with the COVID-19 pandemic, which we have not been able to get out of. It is necessary to maintain social distance to protect our-self and others at this time of crisis, the people in the front lines are working very hard to save the world from COVID-19 by understanding the direct and indirect effects of the pandemic on the people. Apart from this, days have passed by studying and analyzing the recent political situations regarding border disputes in the country During the outbreak of COVID 19, India has also inaugurated the road by encroaching Nepali land Limpiyadhura, Lipulek and Kalapani. What is your opinion on this ? Sadly, the boundaries of a sovereign nation have been crossed. India has crossed the Nepalese border more than once. Not only in Limpiuyadhura, Lipulek or Kalapani but also the plains of the Terai, every year, its pillars are removed overnight. Unfortunately, India has repeatedly encroached on Nepalese land from the time of the Sugauli Treaty of 1816,...

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