NEPAL-INDIA 2 LAST

The two sides also signed an MoU for establishment of
Nepal-Bharat Maitri Science Learning Centre in Khumaltar,
Lalitpur at the cost of Rs 15.5 crore.
Meanwhile, Krishna, who was supposed to go the southern
Nepalese town of Birgunj to inaugurate the Integrated Check
Post, could not visit the region Saturday due to bad weather.
The Rs 240-crore project, in which India and Nepal have
50 per cent stake each, is aimed at easier facilitation of
movement of goods.
The two countries were also expected to sign an MoU
wherein India would build a police academy in Nepal at the
cost of around Rs 500 crore. It, however, could not fructify,
with officials citing "technical reasons" for it.
The failure to sign this pact, however, may be seen in
the context of Maoists' opposition to India helping in
building capacities of Nepalese security forces. PTI