During a function organized in the presence of Education Minister Chitra Lekha Yadav Wednesday, Shrestha handed over the cheque, the land ownership papers and the keys of the house.
Shrestha had already transferred ownership of the three-storey house to the trust last year. The house stands on 222 square meters of land at Bharatpur Sub-metropolis Ward No. 3, Putali Baazar.
The trust has altogether 11 members and was registered last year. The trust aims to take up social service.
"The main aim of the trust is to empower and benefit Dalits, Janajatis, the handicapped, the helpless and single women," said Tanka Nath Poudel, general secretary of the trust, during the function.
Shrestha, 87, is unmarried and was a member of parliament in 2003. She was affiliated to the Nepali Congress (NC) at the time. She had also donated land valued at Rs. 60.5 million for the NC central office, according to the trust.
Likewise, Shrestha has donated some Rs. 120 million for the construction of religious structures and shelters for pilgrims and wayfarers. According to Poudel, she donated Rs. 100 million for the purchase of land for Maiya Devi College in Bharatpur and construction of its buildings .
Speaking at the function, Shrestha said that one's property can't be taken along when one dies and that she plans to donate for other welfare activities also.
Shrestha was discarded into the bushes by her mother at the time of her birth because her father had threatened to marry another wife if a daughter was born.
"Thankfully, my grandmother found me and that was how I survived," she said, adding, "Empowering women in need has therefore always remained my primary objective in life."
Shrestha's father had made his money as a businessman and invested in land. He later divided is property equally among his children, including her.
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