Indian High Commissioner pays courtesy call on Public Infrastructure Ministers

12th June, 2015

KINGSTON - Venkatachalam Mahalingam, Indian High Commissioner to Guyana, today June 12, 2015 paid a courtesy call to the country’s Public Infrastructure Ministers at their Wight’s Lane office.

The visit was to congratulate Hon. David Patterson and Hon. Annette Ferguson, Minister within the Ministry of Public Infrastructure on their appointments and discussed issues of bilateral interest in the infrastructure sector.

Mr. Mahalingam also updated the Ministers on Exim Bank’s Government of India Line of Credit (LOC) offer of US$50M for the East Bank/East Coast road linkages.

Mr. Mahalingamsaid India was ready to partner with the Ministry to develop works which will stimulate growth in the economy.