Picnic island designated for Malé
The picnic island will be developed on the reclaimed Emboodhoo lagoon.
03 Apr 2019, 9:00 AM
A new picnic island will be developed on the reclaimed Emboodhoo lagoon near Malé for residents of the congested capital, President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih announced Tuesday night.
The picnic spot will be developed on one of nine islands reclaimed by Thailand’s Singha Estate for its Crossroads multi-resort project on the interconnected artificial islands.
The developer agreed to partner with the government for the picnic island project, President Solih said. The island will be opened for public use by early 2020 at the latest, he pledged at a ceremony held at the National Art Gallery.
The Emboodhoo lagoon is 15 minutes from the capital. Designating a picnic island for Malé was a target of the new administration’s first 100 working days.
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