The government of India has handed over financial assistance worth USD 5.5 million for high-impact community development projects in the Maldives
The financial assistance was handed over to the government of the Maldives symbolically at an event held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on July 28. The assistance was handed over by the High Commissioner of India to the Maldives Sunjay Sudhir to the Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulla Shahid.
With this symbolic handover of financial assistance, the mobilisation advance for the nine projects for which the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)s have already been signed under the High Impact Community Development Scheme of the Indian government, will be transferred to the Maldivian government. The nine projects include neighbourhood fish processing plant development in three districts in Addu City: Hithadhoo, Maradhoo and Hulhudhoo-Meedhoo; tourism zones development in five districts in Addu City: Hithadhoo, Maradhoo, Feydhoo, Hulhudhoo and Meedhoo; and a bottled water plant setup in Hoarafushi, Haa Alifu Atoll. These projects are undertaken under the umbrella MoU signed on March 17, 2019 for the ‘Indian Grant Assistance for Implementation of High Impact Community Development Projects through local bodies’.
The special ceremony was attended by the parliamentarians representing the constituencies of Addu City and Hoarafushi, officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and High Commission of India in the Maldives, as well as the Mayor of Addu City, the President of the Hoarafushi Island Council, officials from President’s Office, Ministry of Finance and the High Commission of the Maldives in India.