This would be the first construction project to be financed by India in Seychelles,” an official informed.Interestingly the Victoria Magistrate’s Court will be located side by side with the judiciary building built by China. Seychelles has a judiciary building -- the Palais de Justice -- that opened in 2013 at Ile du Port, a man-made island on the outskirts of the capital Victoria.The $6 million building financed by the Chinese government in partnership with the Seychelles’ government does not have enough space to house the Magistrate’s Court. The announcement of the grants comes amidst a controversy in Seychelles as to whether the island nation should allow India to use one of its outer islands -- Assumption -- as a military base.The government of Seychelles supports the plan but the opposition members in the National Assembly and many citizens are reportedly against it. India is also giving a grant of $3.5 million to the Seychelles Public Transport Corporation (SPTC) to purchase 71 buses from TATA Motors . The new fleet of buses which is expected to arrivein Seychelles by this June will be equipped with modern features.

Source: Economic Times March 30, 2018 02:26 UTC