Mauritius dedicates major metro station to Mahatma Gandhi

The Mauritius government has dedicated a major metro station to Mahatma Gandhi as a gesture of gratitude for India s support for the Metro Express project. In order to pay gratitude to India's support for the Metro Express project, my government decided to name one of the major metro stations as Mahatma Gandhi station, Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth, along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurating the Social Housing Units Project in Mauritius.

Both the heads of state laid the foundation stone for the Civil Service College and 8 MW Solar PV Farm Project in Mauritius. The India-Mauritius partnership has emerged as a key pillar of close ties, according to Prime Minister Modi. He said that Mauritius is a prime example of India's approach to partnership with countries based on the needs and priorities of our partners while respecting their sovereignty.

The countries have also exchanged a Memorandum of Understanding MoU and agreement when it comes to India and Mauritius diplomatic reciprocity. Both the governments signed an MoU on Indian Grant Assistance for Implementation of Small Development Projects. The governments also agreed on $190 million Line of Credit between Export Import Bank of India EXIM and SBM Mauritius Infrastructure Development Company Limited for the ongoing Metro Express Project and other infrastructure projects.

The Government of India has extended a grant of $353 million to the Government of Mauritius as a Special Economic Package SEP to execute five priority projects identified by the Mauritius government. With inputs from Geeta Mohan