India on Saturday handed over a newly constructed building to Shree Mahendra Secondary School in Achham.
The building was built with the Indian government’s financial assistance of Rs 32. 40 million under ‘Nepal-Inda Development Cooperation’.
Lalit Bahadur Kunwar, Chief, District Coordination Committee, Achham, Rajendra Bahadur Kunwar, Mayor, Sanfebagar Municipality and Shri Suman Shekhar, First Secretary, Embassy of India, Kathmandu jointly handed over the building.
Political representatives, government officials, social workers and teachers of the school, students and their parents were also present on this occasion.
The Government of India’s grant under ‘Nepal-India Development Cooperation’ has been utilised for the construction of the school building comprising class rooms, laboratory, computer room, staff room, administration section, principal’s room, library, accounts section and toilets for boys and girls, reads a statement issued by the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu.
The grant has also been utilised for the procurement of furniture and computers. The project was taken up as a High Impact Community Development Project (HICDP) and was implemented through DCC Achham.
Shree Mahendra Secondary School was established in the year 1960 as a Secondary School and subsequently upgraded to Higher Secondary school.
Since 2003, Government of India has taken up over 573 HICDPs in Nepal in various sectors and has completed 495 projects. Amongst these, 43 projects are located in Sudurpashchim Province including Shree Mahendra Secondary School in Achham.
In addition to these, the Government of India has gifted 1009 ambulances and 300 school buses to various hospitals, health posts and educational institutions in Nepal. Amongst these,70 ambulances and 27 school buses have been gifted in Sudurpashchim Province. Out of these, 6 ambulances were gifted in Achham.
