Sixty resort islands in limbo after political turmoil strikes CSR programme
06 Jun 2012, 7:28 PM
Musliha Hassan
The government has refuted local media reports that it is considering halting the lease of 60 islands award for resort development by the former administration.
The islands in question were to be leased under a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) tourism programme initiated by the former government. The programme faced heavy criticism from the start, especially from opposition figures now senior officials in the current government.
Critics alleged that the CSR programme was against the law as the islands were awarded in the absence of an open bidding system, and had favored Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) members.
The National Planning Council (NPC) – formed by the previous government and currently “under review” – leased islands for resort development to interested individuals, with the condition they undertook a development project on an inhabited island, such as building water and sewerage systems.
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