India gifts 75 ambulances, 17 school buses to Nepal – Times of India

Kathmandu: India on Sunday gifted 75 ambulances and 17 school buses to Nepal to build a “strong and long-standing” partnership between the two countries and help the Himalayan nation strengthen its infrastructure in the health and education sectors. be able to help.
Newly appointed Ambassador of India Naveen Srivastava Keys of vehicles handed over in presence of Devendra Poudel of Nepal Ministry of Education, science and technology,
The Indian Embassy here said that the gift of 75 ambulances also marks 75 years of India’s independence.
“The gifting of ambulances and school buses is part of a very strong and strong development partnership between the two countries,” Srivastava said.
He said that this initiative has been one of the long-standing traditions of the Government of India under the Nepal-India Development Partnership Program to boost the efforts of the Government of Nepal to strengthen its infrastructure in health and education. Can you
Poudel appreciated India’s various ongoing development projects in Nepal and said that these initiatives will continue to strengthen people-to-people ties and improve relations between the two countries.
The Indian mission said that 75 ambulances and 17 school buses will be handed over to various government departments and NGOs working in the field of health and education in different districts of Nepal.
In 2021, India gifted 39 ventilators-equipped ambulances to Nepal as part of its efforts to help Kathmandu in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Similarly, in 2020, India had gifted 41 ambulances and six school buses to mark Nepal’s 151st birth anniversary. Mahatma Gandhi,
Nepal is important to India in terms of its overall strategic interests in the region, and leaders of the two countries have often noted the age-old “bread beti” relationship.
The land-locked country relies heavily on India for the transportation of goods and services.
Nepal’s access to the sea is through India, and it imports a major proportion of its needs from and through India.
The Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship of 1950 is the basis of the special relationship between the two countries.