Deuba inaugurated an old age home in India with Nepal’s investment

VARANASI: APRIL. 3 – Today, Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, who is on a three-day official visit to India, laid the foundation stone for the construction of an old-age home on the premises of the Pashupatinath Temple in the holy city of Varanasi’s Lalitaghat.

PM Deuba also performed the ‘bhumi puja,’ or land sanctification rituals for the construction, on the occasion. Yogi Adityanath, the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, was in attendance.

The Nepalese government has allocated Rs 10 million for the old-age home. However, the contract for the facility’s construction has yet to be issued.

The old-age home provides accommodation for pilgrims visiting Varanasi. The old-age home will have 35 rooms and be constructed in the Nepali architectural style. The Department of Archaeology is said to be working on a building sketch.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Adityanath hosted a luncheon today in honor of Prime Minister Deuba.

Prior to this, they discussed a variety of topics of mutual interest and concern.

Prime Minister Deuba will leave for New Delhi this afternoon and is scheduled to leave New Delhi for Kathmandu in the evening.