Indian, Mauritian PMs jointly inaugurate NBCC built social housing project in Mauritius

January 20, 2022: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Mauritius counterpart Pravind Kumar Jugnauth jointly inaugurated the India-assisted Social Housing Units project in Mauritius virtually on Thursday, January 20, 2022.

The construction of Social Housing Project at Dagotiere and Mare Tabac was conceived with an idea to provide low-cost residential houses for poor families in Mauritius. The 956 Housing units project was funded by the Govt. of India and completed well within the approved cost of $45 million. The project also includes associated infrastructure work like roads, water supply, sewerage, drains and other public utilities. The event witnessed handing over of the keys to the beneficiaries by the PM of Mauritius.