Kathmandu, May 12 -- The foundation stone for the construction of a school in Nepal's Far-Western region with Indian assistance was laid on Tuesday, the Indian Embassy in Kathmandu announced.

Issuing a press release, the Indian Embassy stated that the foundation stone was laid for the construction of the building of Shree Basuki Secondary School in Mellekh Rural Municipality-4 of Achham district in Sudurpaschim Province of Nepal.

As per the embassy, the foundation stone was jointly laid by Narayan Singh, First Secretary, Embassy of India, Kathmandu, and Jwala Singh Saud, Chairman of Mellekh Rural Municipality.

"The school building is being built with the Government of India's financial assistance of approximately Nepali Rupees 38 milli...