Wednesday, November 27, 2019

Indian Women’s Association hands over two electric vehicles to PADT

President of the Indian Women’s Association (IWA) Namrita Puri today handed over two 8-seater electric vehicles (EV) with high end Lithium ion batteries to member-secretary of Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) Dr Pradip Dhakal at the premises of Pashupatinath Temple.
“These eco-friendly vehicles are manufactured by an Indian Company Gayam Motor Works,” according to a press note issued by the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu.
Puri, on the occasion, said that these eco-friendly vehicles will be helpful for the pilgrims visiting the holy Pashupatinath temple especially for elderly anddifferently abledpeople, women and children. “These vehicles will also create employment opportunity for two women,” she said, adding that handing over of e-vehicles will be another milestone in strengthening cultural and religious ties between people of India and Nepal and bringing people of the two countries closer.
Indian Women’s Association (IWA) – an organisation of Indian Women under the patronage of Embassy of India in Kathmandu with the aim to provide friendly meeting ground for Indian Women resident in Nepal – provides a forum for interaction with Nepali women and works to promote goodwill and friendship between the Indian and Nepali community. It organises philanthropic activities to benefit women and children in Nepal. Recently, it has organised charitable events with Nava Indradhanus English Boarding School in Kathmandu, Koseli Foundation, Bal Sarathi, Nepali Snehi Kaakha and Bhaktapur Cancer Hospital.
Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT) is established to conserve and operate the Pashupatinath Temple and adjoining Area, which is enlisted as UNESCO’s World Heritage Site.

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