'India will give $75mn as quake aid to Nepal'

India will provide a financial assistance package of Nepali Rs 1,000 crore or $75 million for rebuilding infrastructure damaged by an earthquake that hit western Nepal in November last year, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said on Friday.

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Jaishankar provided details about the aid package for reconstruction in quake-hit areas in Jajarkot while jointly inaugurating the new central library of Tribhuvan University, built with Indian assistance, with his Nepalese counterpart NP Saud.

"We shall continue to stand by the people of Nepal and contribute to the efforts of the government of Nepal in this regard," the external affairs minister said.

The two foreign ministers also jointly inaugurated other reconstruction projects taken up in Nepal following the earthquakes of 2015 and 2023. This included 25 schools, 32 health projects and a cultural heritage project.