Nepal receives special gifts on India's Independence Day

ANI  |  Kathmandu [Nepal] 

The in on Wednesday handed over 30 ambulances and six buses to various hospitals, non-profit charitable organizations and educational institutions of on theoccasion of

Indian Ambassador to Manjeev Singh Puri handed over the keys of the ambulances and the school buses to the representatives of the respective organizations in a function held in here. Along with this also gifted books to 68 libraries and educational institutions spread across all the provinces of Nepal worth NPR 17 Lakhs.

The Indian Mission to Nepal has handed over about 7 Hundred ambulances and about 130 school buses to the various organizations in the Himalayan Nation so far.

At the occasion, Puri also felicitated one Veer Nari, seven Widows, three next of kins of the deceased soldiers and one disabled ex-serviceman of Indian Armed Forces by distributing their dues worth NPR 5.35 Crore and a blanket to each.

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First Published: Wed, August 15 2018. 20:50 IST