Banepa, Feb. 28 :A polytechnic college will be built here at a cost of Rs 3.5 million with the financial assistance of the government of China.

This is the only polytechnic to be established by HMG outside the valley in line with the policy of decentralisation and with the financial co-operation of the government of China.

The Council of Technical Education and Vocational Training (CTEVT) has already signed an understanding with Banepa Municipality for the acquisition of about one hundred ropanis of land for the college.

Banepa Municipality has allocated Rs 200 million  in the development budget this year and also next year for purchasing the land, according to Banepa MayorDr. Surendra Bahadur Bade Shrestha.

Course concerning electronics, textiles and tourism will be offered at the polytechnic college and about one thousand technicians will be produced from the three-year course.

The establishment of the college at Banepa Municipality, through which passes the only highway    linking Nepal to China, is expected to contribute to the development   of all the 19 districts of the central development region.

The college will also produce skilled technicians required for the construction of the technology park at Banepa, in the context of the shortage of technical manpower in the country.

Meanswhile in Itahari,  four primary school buildings have been constructed in Itahari Municipality with the mobilisation of a grant assistance of Rs 5,687,746 on the initiatives of  Mr. John Poul of the government of Luxembourg mini project.With the project assistance, a four-room building of the Budhiganga Primary School has been constructed at ward No. 4 of the Municipality. Similarly,  the project provided Rs 951,455 for the repair of a three-room old building of the same school and for purchasing the classroom furniture.Similarly, with the grant assistance of Rs 1,105,000 a four-room school building of the Shanti Srijana Primary School at ward No. 9 has been repaired and renovated, a toilet constructed and other physical infrastructure of the school improved. Likewise, a ten-room school building of the  Kabir Primary School at ward No. 4 of the municipality and the four-room classroom building of the Laxmi Primary School at ward No. 6 have been completed with the same grant assistance.

In Butwal,   a western regional seminar of the office chiefs of the western region got underway at Malangawapur of Rupandehi district under the auspices of the Ministry of General Administration.

The main objective of the seminar is to point out the shortcomings of the civil services act and collect suggestions to make timely changes on it.

Inaugurating the seminar, Judge of the Appellate Court, Butwal,Kalyan Shrestha pointed out the need for reviewing the civil services apart from development and good governance.

Joint secretary at the Ministry Dr. Tika Ram Sharma said that at present there are 132,000 civil servants in the country while joint secretary Bharat Mani Risal shed light on the objectives of the seminar.   Fifty-five office chiefs are attending the two-day seminar.