South Sudan seeks assistance from India

On the occasion of celebrating its first independence day on Saturday, people of South Sudan seek India's assistance in building the infrastructure of the country.Thousands of South Sudanese danced and cheered at Dr.John Garang Mausoleum as their new country formally declared its independence, after a hard-won separation from the North that plunged the fractured region into a new period of uncertainty. Representative from around the world,including the Indian Vice-President Hamid Ansari attended the celebrations and pledged for peace and development in the world's newest country.An elated local,Akok M. Madut said that it is the happiest moment of their lives as they were fighting for it since a century.