Mauritius Metro Station Built With Indian Assistance Named Mahatma Gandhi

PM Modi and Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth on Thursday jointly inaugurated the India-assisted social housing units project in Mauritius virtually.

The Mauritius government has decided to name one of the country's major metro stations as Mahatma Gandhi station to pay gratitude for India's support to the metro express project, said the country's Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth on Thursday.

"I have the privilege to inform you that to pay gratitude for India's support to the metro express project, My government has decided to name one of the major metro stations as Mahatma Gandhi station," said Jugnauth he jointly inaugurated and launched projects with Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually on Thursday.

"I am proud to say that this event demonstrates once again, the very special and privileged relations between Mauritius and India," he added.

The prime minister also emphasised that like metro express, the implementation of these projects would not have been possible without the Lines of Credit and grants generously provided by the government of India.