Thursday, August 8, 2019

TATA Trust, Sipradian Sahyata Sanstha handed the fourth reconstructed school

Minster for Industry, Tourism, Forest and Environment Arun Nepal today inaugurated the newly reconstructed school building of Shree Marming Secondary School at Bhotekoshi Rural Municipality-5 in Sindhupalchowk as part of ‘Nepal Earthquake Response programme’ by Sipradian Sahayata Sanstha in partnership with Tata Community Initiative Trust and Tata Trusts (India).
The school was reconstructed with the modern layout resistant to earthquakes and designed with disabled-friendly facilities, a press note – issued by Sipradi Trading – reads, adding that the April 2015 earthquake had badly damaged the school, destroying the classrooms, science lab and other facilities at school. “This well-furnished earthquake resistant school building is having 10 class rooms, gender friendly sanitation units, provision for computer lab, science lab, early child development rooms and other basic amenities would be able to cater the need of more than 250 students enrolled in this School.”
The school has been reconstructed with an investment of over Rs 27 million. “The reconstructed school building complies to the specification advocated for earthquake seismic zone 5 with modern layout,” it claims, adding that class rooms complying to the global standards with respect to safety, space per child, access to differently abled child.
On the occasion, principal of the school Dhurba Thapa talked about the difficulty the school faced in conducting classes after the building was destroyed during earthquake. He even stressed on the point of studying outside after the earthquake damaged the classrooms.
Tata Group in partnership with Siprradian is reconstructing 7 school building and one health post, out of which 4 has been handed over to the community. Likewise, director of the Sipradi Companies Shambhu Prasad Dahal, on the occasion, talked about relief and rehabilitation project carried out of Sipradian Sahayata Sanstha in different part of Nepal with partnership with Tata Companies.
Chief Operating Officer at Tata Chemicals Shahob Rais, director at Sipradi Companies Shambhu Prasad Dahal, deputy general manager at Community Service of Tata Sustainability Group Shrirang Dhavale were present at the event as special guests, according to the press note.
Likewise, mayor of Barhabise Municipality in Sindhupalchowk Nimfunjo Sherpa, vice chairman of Bhotekoshi Rural Municipality in Sindhupalchowk Dabuti Sherpa, general manager at the Sipradi Trading Krishna Prasad Bartaula and area manager (Nepal) at Tata Trusts Tam Lal Pokharel were also present at the event, where more than 600 students and parents of Marming village also took part.

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