{"id":1207,"date":"2020-03-08T19:22:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-08T13:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/himalini.com\/en\/?p=1207"},"modified":"2020-03-08T19:22:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-08T13:37:00","slug":"india-and-nepal-review-goi-funded-terai-roads-and-india-assisted-post-earthquake-reconstruction-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/himalini.com\/en\/india-and-nepal-review-goi-funded-terai-roads-and-india-assisted-post-earthquake-reconstruction-projects.html","title":{"rendered":"India and Nepal review GoI funded Terai Roads and India assisted post-earthquake reconstruction projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nKathmandu,8 March 2020.Today in Kathmandu, the Indian delegation led by Sh Piyush Shrivastava, Joint Secretary\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

(Northern Division) of the Ministry of External Affairs of India co-chaired three Joint Project
\nMonitoring Committee (JPMC) meetings with his counterparts Mr Gopal Sigdel Joint Secretary,
\nMinistry of Physical Infrastructure and Transport of Nepal and Mr. Shiv Hari Sharma, Secretary,
\nNational Reconstruction Authority, Government of Nepal. The JPMC meetings reviewed three
\nGovernment of India (GoI) funded projects which included Terai Roads project (10 roads),
\nhousing reconstruction project (50,000 houses) and reconstruction in the education sector.
\n2. GoI funded Terai roads project: In February 2016, Government of India committed
\nNR 800 cr (INR 500 cr) for construction of 10 roads (divided into 14 packages\/contracts) with a
\ntotal length of 306 km in the Terai region of Nepal. These roads connect the East-West Highway
\nto Indian border there by increasing the ease of connectivity between the peoples of two
\ncountries. Seven out of the fourteen packages have already been completed. There are few short
\nstretches on these seven roads where work has not been completed due to Right of Way (RoW)
\nissues, including land acquisition and utility shifting issues such as shifting of electricity poles
\nand water pipelines, which are pending for the last three years and to be addressed by GoN.
\nGiven the lengthy process of land acquisition and utility shifting, ground situation and local
\nsensitivities and since the completed stretches are already being used for movement of traffic
\nboth sides agreed to formally handover\/ take over the seven packages.
\n3. Earlier in May 2016, Governments of India and Nepal had signed a Memorandum to
\ncooperate in implementation and execution of the Project in Nepal and the above 14 packages
\nare part of this understanding between the two sides. Out of GoI committed amount of NR 800
\ncr an amount of NR 450 cr has already been released to GoN, including the cheque of NR 71 cr .<\/p>\n

4. Following the JPMC meeting on Terai Roads, the Committee jointly called on Hon\u2019ble
\nMinister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport and briefed him on the status of the project
\nand both sides reiterated their commitment to complete the project expeditiously to pass on the
\nbenefit to the people of the project region.
\n5. The completed roads are expected to strengthen the connectivity between India and Nepal
\nparticularly in the border areas promoting people to people contact and trade and economic
\nactivities between the two countries. The seven completed road packages are as below:
\nManmat-Kalaiya-Matiyarwa: Package-I \u2013Bara district\u2013 (15 km)
\nManmat-Kalaiya-Matiyarwa Road: Package-II \u2013Bara district\u2013 (11.66 km)7. India and Nepal also held the Joint Project Monitoring Committee meetings to review the
\nprogress of GoI supported Post-Earthquake reconstruction on 8 March 2020 in Kathmandu. This
\nis an important bilateral mechanism to review the entire gamut of India\u2019s post- earthquake
\nreconstruction assistance of US $ 1 billion to Nepal.
\n8. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Shiv Hari Sharma, Secretary, National Reconstruction
\nAuthority, Government of Nepal. The Indian delegation was led by Mr. Piyush Srivastava, Joint
\nSecretary (North), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.
\n9. The meeting recalled commitments made at the highest political level for implementation
\nof GoI supported post-earthquake reconstruction efforts in four sectors – Housing, Education,
\nCulture and Health in Nepal. The meeting noted with satisfaction that the Prime Ministers of both
\nthe countries had witnessed, via video conferencing, the remarkable progress in Government of
\nIndia assisted post-earthquake housing reconstruction project in Nepal on 21 January 2020 by
\nvideo conference. Similarly, in Education sector, the meeting expressed satisfaction at the
\nprogress achieved in reconstruction of multi hazard and disaster resilient 70 schools and 1 library
\nin Nepal<\/p>\n

10. The Nepali side conveyed its appreciation for the support of the Government of India for
\npost-earthquake reconstruction projects in Nepal. Both sides reiterated to work together to
\nexpedite progress in implementation of reconstruction projects.
\n11. The meeting was held in a friendly and cordial atmosphere with both the delegations
\nagreeing that the next JPMC meeting would be held on a mutually convenient d<\/p>\n

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