School building constructed in Khotang with Indian aid

KATHMANDU: The school and hostel building of the Sharada Secondary School at Rawabesi Rural Municipality of Khotang has been constructed.

The building was constructed with the grant assistance of Rs 36.1 million under the ‘Nepal-India Development Cooperation’.

Chief of District Coordination Committee San Bahadur Rai, Chairperson of Rawabesi Rural Municipality Phatik Kumar Shrestha and first secretary of the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu Suman Shekhar jointly inaugurated the building amidst a programme held at Rawa Besi on Thursday.

The Indian government itself has arranged necessary furniture for the two-storied school and hostel building, the embassy said in a statement. The school and hostel building construction project has been implemented in coordination with the District Coordination Committee Khotang.

Established in 1952 AD, the school has been running classes from grade 1 to plus two level. Among a total of 365 students, around 50 percent are girl students.

Since 2003, more than 550 community development projects have been implemented in different parts of Nepal, out of which 488 projects have been completed, the embassy said.

At present, 85 projects are being implemented in different areas of Koshi State with the grant assistance of India. People’s representatives, government officials, social workers, representatives of school management committees, teachers, teachers, parents and students were present on the occasion.