Satish Aditya
Raxaul : Government of India (GoI) will reconstruct buildings of 56 higher secondary schools in seven worst earthquake hit districts of
Nepal under India-Nepal Economic Co-operation Programme through a grant of 2.95 billion Nepali Rupees (NR). The Indian Embassy in Nepal and Education Ministry, Nepal Government, on June 8, 2020, signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at Kathmandu for re-construction of these school buildings.
According to a press release of Indian Embassy in Nepal, these 56 school buildings will be reconstructed at Nuwakot, Dhading, Gorkha, Dolakha, Ramechchap, Sindhupalchowk, and Karvepalchowk districts on northern border of Nepal. They were extensively damaged in the earthquake in 2015. The Central Building Research Institute (CBRI), Roorkee, a premier institute of India in earthquake resilient reconstruction, will provide technical support in reconstruction of these school buildings.
The school infrastructure will consist of classrooms, academic blocks, laboratory, apart from furniture for students and teachers. The GoI
remains committed to continue collaboration with Nepal government in its socio economic development, the release said. Earlier,
GoI had supported construction of 50,000 houses in Gorkha and Nawakot districts which were devastated in the earthquake.