SINGAPORE, March 19 (NNN-CNA) -- Singapore Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong will make an official visit to New Delhi from Thursday till Saturday.

Mr Goh last visited India in March 2008.

During the visit, Goh will meet Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, Minister of External Affairs S M Krishna, Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Ms Sushma Swaraj, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and other Indian political leaders.

Mr Goh will also meet senior executives from the Indian private sector and top economic analysts.

In addition, he will deliver the keynote address at the Asia Society's 20th Asian Corporate Conference in New Delhi. The conference aims to bring together government leaders and senior business executives from Asia, Europe and the US.

Meanwhile, the Singapore Cooperation Enterprise (SCE) will help the Indian state of Tamil Nadu to restore rivers and water bodies in Chennai.

The restoration, beautification and management of the Cooum River will be one of the first projects in the pipeline, under a Memorandum of Understanding signed between SCE and the Chennai Rivers Restoration Trust.

SCE will partner the PUB and CH2M HILL, a Singapore-based company with vast experience in water and environmental management, to deliver the project. -- NNN-CNA