The Government of India has pledged help in Grenada’s reconstruction efforts, with an initial donation of $50,000 (US) worth of immediate medical supplies. Counsellor Chinthapally Rajasekhar of the High Commission of India in Trinidad visited Grenada on September 11 to survey the damage caused by Hurricane Ivan and report to the Indian Government about the widespread destruction. Prime Minister Keith Mitchell had also written Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking assistance for agriculture and Information Communication Technology (ICT). Counsellor Rajaskehar met with the Prime Minister yesterday (October 27) to deliver a letter of commitment from Prime Minister Singh and to work out the details for the assistance in agriculture and ICT. “We are most appreciative of this commitment from India and are pleased that our friends can help in a meaningful way,” the Prime Minister stated. Indian High Commissioner to Grenada Virendra Gupta, who himself visited Grenada on October 7 and held discussions with Prime Minister Mitchell and other Government officials, facilitated these efforts and it is expected that experts from India will visit Grenada before yearend to provide the technical assistance in ICT and agriculture. SOURCE: OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER