Inauguration ceremony of School Building of Shree Ramsakhi Mohit Singh Janta Secondary School at Balara Rural Municipality-4, Balara in Sarlahi District
Consul General Shri Nitesh Kumar of Consulate General of India in Birgunj, President of District Coordination Committee of Sarlahi Shri Kaushal Kishor Singh and Mayor of Balara Municipality in Sarlahi Shri Rama Shankar Prasad Kushwaha jointly inaugurated the School Building of Shree Ramsakhi Mohit Singh Janta Secondary School on 02 February 2023. The school has been built under government of India’s grant assistance in education sector. The event was attended by CDO Shri Indradev Yadav, SP Shri Naresh Subedi, Principal Shri Birendra Jha, local government representatives and people of Balara Rural Municipality.
The project was undertaken with the grant assistance from Government of India at the sanctioned cost of approx. 44.33 million under ‘Nepal-Bharat Development Cooperation’ in Education Sector as a Community Development Project. This is one of the 75 projects being inaugurated in Nepal as part of “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav” which celebrates 75 years of India’s independence.
The Government of India grant under ‘Nepal-Bharat Development Cooperation’ was utilized for construction of three storey school building including furniture, electrical fittings and sanitation facilities for boys and girls in each floor. The new school building would create an improved environment for learning in the rural region and contribute to the development of education in the Sarlahi district.
Since 2003, India has taken up over 532 High Impact Community Development Projects (HICDPs) in Nepal and has completed 475 projects in the areas of health, education, drinking, water, connectivity, sanitation and creation of other public utilities across all 7 provinces of Nepal at the grassroots level. Out of these, 74 HICDPs are in Madhesh Pradesh, including 17 in Sarlahi District. The Government of India’s financial assistance for the school building is aimed to benefit the community children and boost their learning experience. The building has been built keeping in mind the needs of the School.
India and Nepal enjoy multi-faceted and multi-sectoral development partnership that is reflective of the closeness of the people of both countries. The implementation of this school project reflects the continued support of the Government of India in complementing the efforts of the Government of Nepal to create infrastructure in priority sectors like education.