KATHMANDU, March 5: Japanese Ambassador to Nepal Masamichi Saigo and Ratna Prasad Juwarchan, chairman of Ward no. 1, Thasang Rural Municipality, on Tuesday jointly signed a deal on installation of an excavator in Tukche Village in Mustang district.
Under the agreement the Embassy of Japan will provide grant assistance of Rs 9.3 million under the Japanese Government's Grant Assistance for Grassroots Human Security Projects (GGP).
Tukche is a village in Mustang District that is a famous stop-over for trekkers heading to Jomson, Muktinath, and beyond to Lo Manthang in Upper Mustang, and around the Annapurna trekking routes.
Think beyond roads
Tukche is located along the banks of the Kali Gandaki River, hence, large volumes of snowmelt water regularly hit the river banks during the rainy season.
The Embassy of Japan believes that the assistance will contribute towards further strengthening the bilateral relationship between Japan and Nepal.
