Maldives president inaugurates ‘five-island’ airport
Five islands will be destroyed as part of the airport project.
07 Aug 2018, 9:00 AM
President Abdulla Yameen on Tuesday inaugurated an airport project in Faresmaathodaa during a campaign trip to Huvadhoo Atoll, local media reported.
International firm Gulf Cobla will carry out the reclamation work on the five islands which will be destroyed for the project. They are next to the inhabited Faresmaathodaa island.
The reclamation work is to be completed within three months and costs more than US$2.5 million.
The airport is partly funded by a US$4 million interest-free loan from a Maldives tycoon.
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