Author: Himalaya Post

kathamandu. As part of Government of India’s post-earthquake-reconstruction efforts in Nepal, United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is organizing an exposure visit of 21 Elected Local Government representatives from Nuwakot District of Nepal to India from 10-14 February 2020. Mayors/Deputy Mayors of two Municipalities and Chairs/Vice- Chairs of eight Gaunpalikas with the Chairperson of District Coordination Committee, Nuwakot and an official from Federation of Nepalese Journalists are participating in the visit. 2. During their visit to India, the delegation will visit CSIR- Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee, to observe the Shake Table Testing Facility and different labs such as Structural Engineering lab, Fire lab, Technology Demonstration lab and Rural Park. The delegation will visit CURE India to learn participatory process for sustainable urban development and livelihood integration. At Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), the delegation will hear presentation on Post-Earthquake conservation and restoration works by INTACH together with a guided tour at the INTACH Heritage Academy. 3. Government of India is collaborating with Government of Nepal on post- earthquake reconstruction of 23,088 houses in Nuwakot district of Nepal. To complement the Government of Nepal’s owner driven reconstruction approach, UNOPS is providing socio-technical facilitation to home owners to rebuild their resilient homes. 4. The visit will provide an avenue for building capacities of key local stakeholders for ensuring earthquake resilient reconstruction by raising community...

  kathamandu . Chandrakot Campus, built with the Government of India’s assistance, was inaugurated at Chandrakot Rural Municipality in Gulmi District. Dr. Praphullachandra Sharma, Counsellor (Development Partnership) represented the Embassy of India. Chief of Chandrakot Rural Municipality Mr. Drona Bahadur Khatri, District Coordination Officer, Mr. Bhaktiram Marasini and local political and community leaders also attended the inauguration. Chandrakot Campus was established in 2008 at the initiative of local peoples with aimed at imparting higher education to students who are unable to pursue their higher education in cities like Palpa, Butwal, and Kathmandu etc. due to poor economic conditions. The Campus is a community based Campus affiliated to Tribhuvan University and is providing Bachelor in Humanities, Management and Social Science. Over 90% of the students studying in the Campus are girls. The establishment of this campus has fulfilled the aspirations of the economically poor and socially backward students, in particular girls’ students, who were deprived of higher education in the absence of a college in the region. The new campus building constructed with Government of India’s grant assistance of NRs. 40.99 million, is a triple storied building comprising of twelve class rooms, office building and separate sanitation facilities for boys and girls on each floor. The project was being implemented by District Coordination Committee, Gulmi. The newly built infrastructures are expected to boost learning environment of students. Government of India...