Guyana awaits $60 million from India's government to help buy large ferry and build highway
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Guyana's president says India has pledged $60 million to help the South American country buy a large ferry and build a four-lane highway.
President Donald Ramotar says the highway is to connect Guyana's main international airport to a large highway near the capital of Georgetown that runs to the coast.
He said late Thursday that $10 million of the amount pledged will be used to buy a passenger and cargo ferry that would operate between Port Georgetown and remote jungle communities near the border with Venezuela.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}India and Guyana have collaborated on other projects in recent years, including a cricket stadium and a hospital.
About 44 percent of the 736,000 people who live in Guyana are descendants of people from India who came as indentured workers.