Hyderabad: NPA to help establish Nepal academy

Hyderabad: The Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National police academy (NPA) will help Nepal to set up a national police academy near Kathmandu. The feasibility study for the academy was done by the NPA, Hyderabad, while India's Ministry of Home Affairs is doing consultancy service for the project monitoring and quality assurance services.

Nepal police academy which is also called National Police Academy (NPA) will provide training to 410 Nepalese police officers annually. The academy at Panauti, 35 km south-east of Kathmandu, will be on lines of Hyderabad’s NPA, where officials of Indian Police Service usually get trained.

Nepal's Ministry of Home Affairs is the executing agency that is coordinating with the government of India-nominated officials in a joint project monitoring committee.

“India is providing Rs 550 crore for construction of the academy. At present, some 350 police officers from Nepal undergo training in India each year. The new academy in Nepal will help train 410 Nepalese police officers annually,” a central home ministry official said.