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Kathmandu Wednesday August 22, 2001 Bhadra 06, 2058.
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Japan to donate fire-engines, ambulances
Post Report
KATHMANDU, Aug 21 – The Embassy of Japan in Nepal has
decided to present fire -fighting engines and ambulances to different Village Development
Committees (VDCs) and municipalities of Sunsari, Morang and Kavrepalanchowk districts for
the implementation of the Project for the Supply of Equipment for Fire-Fighting and
Ambulance Service, according to a press release received here today.
The support, to be provided during Japan’s Fiscal Year
2001 under the Grant Assistance for Grassroots Projects (GGP) scheme of the Government of
Japan, will be extended to the Fire Fighters’ Volunteer Association of Nepal (FAN).
Under the Project, Dharan and Itahari municipalities in
Sunsari district will each be provided one ambulance and one fire-fighting engine.
Likewise, Belbari VDC of Morang district and Panchkhal VDC of Kavrepalanchowk district
will each be provided with one ambulance.
Mitsuaki Kojima, Ambassador of Japan to Nepal and Kewal Kumar
Chapagain, the president of FAN here today signed an accord to this effect.
Meanwhile, the embassy has decided to extend grant assistance
of more than 5 million rupees to the District Development Committee (DDC) of
Kavrepalanchowk for the construction of Mangal Jan Bijaya High School at Mangaltar under
the GGP scheme. A grant agreement to this effect was signed and exchanged here today
between Japanese Ambassador to Nepal Mitsuaki Kojima and Krishna Prasad Sapkota, Chairman
of Kavre DDC, according to the Japanese Embassy in Nepal.
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