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Overview

Chinese Government provides grant worth Rs 520 million for construction of studio building and transmission tower for Nepal Television

Commitments (Constant USD, 2023)$17,350,104
Commitment Year•2000Country of Activity•NepalDirect Recipient Country of Incorporation•NepalSector•CommunicationsFlow Type•Grant

Status

Project lifecycle

Completion

Pipeline: PledgePipeline: CommitmentImplementationCompletion

Timeline

Key dates

Commitment date
Feb 16, 2000
Start (actual)
Oct 1, 2004
End (actual)
Oct 31, 2004

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Stakeholders

Organizations involved in projects and activities supported by financial and in-kind transfers from Chinese government and state-owned entities

Funding agencies

Government Agencies

  • China Ministry of Commerce

Receiving agencies

Government Agencies

  • Nepali Ministry of Information and Communication

State-owned companies

  • Nepal Television

Loan desecription

Chinese Government provides grant worth Rs 520 million for construction of studio building and transmission tower for Nepal Television

Narrative

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Project narrative

In February 2000, China and Nepal exchanged letters regarding technical aid to Nepal Television, specifically the construction of the Nepal Television Metro Channel studio building and transmission tower. (Another source stated that an agreement had been reached between China and Nepal in 1998 for expansion and development of Nepal Television.) In 2002, Minister for Information and Communications Jaya Prakash Prasad Gupta laid the foundation stone of Nepal Television Metro Channel studio building and transmission tower which is to be constructed with cooperation from China. The project, with an estimated cost of about 520m rupees, is expected to be completed within a year. The entire construction works of the project will be undertaken by Chinese technicians. In October 2004, Metro Channel of Nepal Television (NTV)'s newly constructed transmission building that was funded by China's grant assistance was handed over to NTV. The building, constructed under the Nepal Television Improvement and Development project, is situated in the premises of NTV, Singhadurbar covering an area of 3876 square metres. The construction took 15 months to complete.