Male [Maldives], August 10 (ANI): High Commissioner of India in the Maldives, Sunjay Sudhir, participated in a contract award ceremony for 'Development of 5 Eco-tourism zones' in Addu.

As part of India's neighbourhood first policy, five eco-tourism zones in the Maldives are being developed with grant assistance from New Delhi.

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These are being developed under MoUs signed between Indian High Commission, Maldives Foreign Affairs Ministry and Addu City Council in February this year.

"Contract-signing ceremony for dvpt. of 5 eco-tourism zones in Addu was held @AdduCityCouncil. Together with the 3 Fish-plant projects awarded earlier, we hope these 8 projects being implemented with grant assistance from India transform the economic & employment landscape of #Addu," High Commission of India in Maldives said in a tweet.

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The five zones being developed are one each in Hithadoo, Maradhoo, Feydhoo, Hulhudhoo and Meedhoo.

All these projects are being implemented under the High-Impact Community Development project (HICDP) scheme for which a total grant assistance of MVR 85 million ($5.5 million) had been given to the Maldives for nine projects. (ANI)

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