India Funds New Infrastructure at Shree Dibya Deep Secondary School in Mustang

India has extended financial support for constructing a hostel building and canteen block for Shree Dibya Deep Secondary School at Lomanthang Rural Municipality in Mustang, Nepal. The foundation stone for the project, which is being funded under the Government of India’s grant under the Nepal‑India Development Cooperation scheme, was laid on Sunday, June 8, 2025.  

The ceremony was conducted jointly by Prasanna Shrivastava, Deputy Chief of Mission, Embassy of India, Kathmandu, and Tasi Nharbu Gurung, Chairman of Lomanthang Rural Municipality. According to an embassy release, the project costing NPR 37.60 million is categorized as a High Impact Community Development Project (HICDP) and will include a hostel with toilet and bathroom facilities, and a kitchen block with dining hall, restrooms, and allied infrastructure. 

Shree Dibya Deep Secondary School is the only high school in Upper Mustang, serving children from both Loghekar Damodar Kunda and Lomanthang Rural Municipalities. It aims to offer quality education through experienced and dedicated teaching staff. 

At the event, the Deputy Chief of Mission Prasanna Shrivastava expressed optimism about the growing India–Nepal development partnership and reiterated India’s commitment to deepening this collaboration based on Nepal’s development priorities. The attendees of the event, including the chairman, political representatives, school management, and local stakeholders, expressed confidence in India’s developmental support and noted the improved learning environment it would create for students.

During his visit, Shrivastava also toured the Lowo Nyiphug Namdrol Norbuling Monastic School in Lomanthang, where a dormitory is being built with Indian funding at NPR 41.40 million, also as an HICDP. 

Since 2003, India has undertaken 573 HICDPs in Nepal across education, health, roads and bridges, drinking water, electrification, agriculture, culture, and social welfare. Of these, 59 projects are in Gandaki Province, with 17 in Mustang. Additionally, India has donated 1,009 ambulances and 300 school buses nationwide, including 119 ambulances and 40 buses in Gandaki Province (11 and 5 respectively in Mustang). 

In a press release, the Indian Embassy stated that these projects reflect the enduring multi-sectoral cooperation between India and Nepal, highlighting India’s support for Nepal’s growth through infrastructure across priority sectors.