Maharashtra Deputy CM on the premises of Maharashtra Bhavan in Mauritius.
| Photo Credit: Special association
A 12-feet statue of Maratha warrior-king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was unveiled in Mauritius’s Maharashtra Bhavan on Friday to mark the sturdy bond between the 2 nations.
Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth was joined by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and members of the Mauritius Marathi Mandali Federation for the inauguration ceremony.
The sculpture was created in India by a Delhi-based artist and despatched to the island nation in a container ship.
The nation has over 75,000 Marathi-speaking inhabitants and a Maharashtra Bhavan was constructed 25 years in the past with funding from the Maharashtra authorities. Recently, the Shinde-Fadnavis authorities sanctioned an extra ₹8 crore for the second part of development.
Earlier in the day, Mr. Fadnavis attended a string of conferences, together with an occasion organised by the Indo-Mauritius Business Forum throughout which he urged the commercial giants to come back ahead and make investments in Maharashtra.
An MoU was additionally signed between the Economic Development Board, Mauritius, and the Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation to ascertain a platform for funding between the Western State and the island nation.
Mr. Fadnavis thanked Alan Ganoo, Minister of Land Transport and Light Rail of Mauritius, for inviting him and mentioned, “Today is a historic day for Maharashtra-Mauritius friendship.”
“Maharashtra government is continuously working on Ease of Doing Business and Cost of Doing Business. The MoU that was signed today will open more opportunities for entrepreneurs in Mauritius,” he mentioned, including that ‘Speed of Travel’ and ‘Speed of Data’ are attribute of Maharashtra.
On Saturday, he’ll work together with members of the Maharashtrian group, and also will name on Mauritian President Prithvirajsing Roopun earlier than returning to Mumbai.
