India, Dec. 21 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the redeveloped headquarters of the World Health Organisation's (WHO) South-East Asia Regional Office (WHO-SEARO) at Indraprastha Estate on Friday. The director general of WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, was also present at the event.

The redevelopment project has been executed by NBCC (India) Limited under a memorandum of understanding signed in January 2019 with the Union ministry of health and family welfare, representing WHO-SEARO.

Officials said the new building is built on the same plot that housed the original structure constructed in 1962 and heritage components from the original building have been conserved and integrated into the new structure. These include a monumen...