India has handed over vehicles to the Nepal government in assistance targeting its upcoming November 20 elections on Tuesday.
In a ceremony organized today, Indian Ambassador to Nepal Naveen Srivastava, on behalf of Government of India, handed over 200 vehicles to Finance Minister Janardan Sharma as a gift of India for logistical support to various Nepali institutions for conduct of elections.
These vehicles have been handed over at the request of the Nepal government for utilization during elections.
Of them, 120 vehicles will be used by security forces and the other 80 vehicles will be utilized by the Election Commission of Nepal.
Speaking at the ceremony after handing over the vehicles, Ambassador Srivastava said these vehicles would be useful for the Nepal government in runing its upcoming elections.
"These vehicles would prove to be useful in augmenting the logistical arrangements of various institutions of Nepal across the country for conducting the polls," said Ambassador Srivastava.
Finance Minister Janardan Sharma thanked the India government and people of India for their continued support in form of development partnership with Nepal, including the gifting of these vehicles.
The government of India has been extending support in the form of vehicles as per the request of the Government of Nepal in previous years as well, for the utilization by Election Commission as well as the security forces of Nepal.
Till date, more than 2,400 vehicles have been gifted to various Nepali institutions for support during elections, reads the press statement issued by the Indian Embassy.
India and Nepal enjoy multi-faceted and multi-sectoral development partnership that is reflective of the closeness of the people of both countries.
The extending of these logistical provisions reflects the continued support of the Government of India for contributing to development of people-to-people links.
