BENI (Myagdi), July 23: A donation collection campaign launched by Mahabir Pun in order to set up a National Innovation Centre has been getting financial support day by day.
Winner of the Magsaysay prize Pun, who announced of setting up the Centre from the support of locals after he did not get any financial support from government bodies except assurance, said that the campaign has collected Rs 3.7 million so far.
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Social worker and Om Kumari Shanti Fund Chairman of Myagdi, Rajesh Shakya and his wife Reshma Shakya, provided Rs 10,105 to the campaign.
At a programme organised in Kathmandu on Friday, the Shakya couple handed over the financial aid to Pun.
On the occasion, Pun said that the Centre would be established after collecting Rs 500 million from the people and added that he has a plan to build a prosperous Nepal.
Pun requested all Nepalese, in and out of the country, to support the campaign. RSS
