India to help Bangladesh build 36 community clinics

World Monday 11/March/2019 18:21 PM
By: Times News Service
India to help Bangladesh build 36 community clinics

Muscat: India will help Bangladesh to build 36 community clinics as part of its efforts to boost ties with its neighbour.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina jointly inaugurated four projects including supply of 1100 buses and trucks to Bangladesh, 36 community clinics, 11 water treatment plants, and extension of national knowledge network to Bangladesh, according to Doordarshan, the Public Service Broadcaster of India.

In a tweet, Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of the Republic of India, said: “Earlier today, had a wonderful interaction with a delegation of Parliamentarians from Bangladesh.”

This is the sixth such video conference between PM Modi and Prime Minister Hasina. Prime Minister Modi said that the ease and frequency of such interactions between the leaders of both countries illustrates the closeness of ties, according to Doordarshan.

Prime Minister said that India is a partner in achieving PM Hasina's vision for a developed Bangladesh by 2041.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated his Bangladeshi counterpart for the successful conclusion of polls. He said that the National Knowledge Network is the next link in boosting India-Bangladesh ties.

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina thanked PM Modi for inaugurating several important projects aimed at improving India-Bangladesh relations in the past few years. She also said that India has helped Bangladesh in blue-economy, education, trade, health and water resources.

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj also hailed the boost in India Bangladesh ties.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also thanked Sheikh Hasina for condemning the Pulwama terror attack.