NEW DELHI: At the India-Seychelles high level virtual event, held on Thursday, April 8, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Wavel Ramkalawan, President of the Republic of Seychelles, jointly inaugurated a series of projects completed under the development partnership between the two countries.
Referring to the One Mega Watt solar power plant in Seychelles built with India’s assistance, Modi said that it would help Seychelles fight the threat of climate change. He also mentioned India’s contribution to the construction of the New Magistrates’ Court Building in Seychelles, which is a state-of-the-art building and has been completed even during the testing times of COVID-19 pandemic. “I am sure that it will be long remembered as a symbol of our deep and abiding friendship,” said Modi.
Other projects inaugurated at the event included a new Magistrates’ Court Building, a Made-in-India fast patrol vessel, and 10 HICDPs (High Impact Community Development Projects). The Magistrates’ Court Building project is being called as a landmark project, for it will help bring magistrate courts spread over different locations in Mahé into a single building.