"Real Interest In Investing In Infrastructure In India": US Ambassador

One of the key projects that India is pushing is the trilateral highway as part of a BIMSTEC project

The US Ambassador to India, Eric Garcetti, on his first visit to Kolkata said the city has a special place in Indo-US ties as it was the second consular office set up by the US when Benjamin Joy was appointed by George Washington to go to Kolkata in 1794.

Mr Garcetti said touched upon the partnership in the context of infrastructure building.

To a question by NDTV on how the US sees itself as a partner of India in countering China's Belt and Road Initiative, Mr Garcetti said, "India is going through an amazing transformation and it is going from majority rural to majority urban in just a decade or two."