Mar 12, Kathmandu- Foundation stone for the construction of School Building of Tribhuvan Secondary School  at Inaruwa Municipality, Sunsari was laid today jointly by Gyanendra Bahadur Karki, Member of Parliament, House of Representatives, Constituency-4, Sunsari, Prasanna Shrivastava, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of India, Kathmandu and Mr. Kedar Bhandari, Mayor, Inaruwa Municipality, Sunsari. Political representatives, government officials, social workers and teachers of the school, students and their parents were also present on this occasion. 

School Building of Tribhuvan Secondary School is being built with Government of India’s financial assistance at the project cost of NRs.24.83 million under ‘Nepal-India Development Cooperation’. 

The Government of India’s grant under ‘Nepal-India Development Cooperation’  is being utilized for the construction of an double storied school building and other allied facilities. The project is being taken up as a High Impact Community Development Project (HICDP) and is being implemented through Inaruwa           Municipality, Sunsari.  

Tribhuvan Secondary School was established in the year 1958. The school runs classes from Nursery to 12th standard. The school is having a strength of around 750 students out of which 55% are girls. 

Prasanna Shrivastava, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of India, Kathmandu highlighted that since 2003, Government of India has taken up 563 HICDPs in Nepal. These projects are spread across all the provinces of Nepal, including 91 projects in Koshi Province. In addition to these, Government of India has gifted 1009 ambulances and 300 school buses to various hospitals, health posts and educational institutions in Nepal to date. Out of these, 146 ambulances and 48 school buses have been gifted in Koshi Province. He expressed happiness over the growth, expansion and diversification of India-Nepal development partnership over the years. He also conveyed Government of India’s commitment towards further strengthening this partnership based on the priorities of the Government of Nepal.

Member of Parliament, Mayor, Inaruwa Municipality, Sunsari; Chairperson, School Management and other stakeholders appreciated the developmental support being provided by the Government of India to the people of Nepal. They expressed confidence that the infrastructure being created would help provide better education to the students of Shree Tribhuvan Secondary School  in Sunsari.  It would also help create an improved environment for learning and contribute to the overall development of the education sector in the eastern region of Nepal.

As close neighbours, India and Nepal are engaged in wide-ranging and multi-sectoral cooperation.  The implementation of HICDPs reflects the continued support of the Government of India in bolstering the efforts of the Government of Nepal in growth and development of its people by augmenting infrastructure in priority sectors.