KATHMANDU: Indian government provided an assistance of NRs 4.60 crores to Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh (NNJS) on Monday.
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between the Embassy of India, Kathmandu with the NNJS for providing grant assistance of Rs. 1.03 crore to NNJS for conducting mobile screening camps in different schools in Nepal during the years 2009-11, a release issued by the embassy said.
As per the MoU, the Indian government will provide assistance of NRs 1.03 crores to NNJS to distribute 9,000 optical devices to the visually impaired children and low vision dispensing device to 300 children through mobile screening camps in various schools during 2009-11, the release said, adding that the Indian government will also provide an additional assistance of NRs 3.57 crores for trachoma and cataract surgeries through field camps.
The Indian government has been providing assistance to the NNJS for the eye care programme through country-wide free eye-camps organised as part of the India-Nepal Economic Cooperation Programme for the past eight years, the statement reads, adding that over 75,000 people were cured for cataract and trachoma under the programme and optical devices have been distributed to over 18,000 school children with the assistance of Rs. 1.63 crore so far.
Over 370 projects are being implemented under Indian assistance in all districts of Nepal in various sectors including education, health and infrastructure and community development, the release said.
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