Housing ministry under fire for Malé building work
Malé’s landscape is changing rapidly amid construction projects and infrastructure upgrades.
25 Mar 2018, 9:00 AM
The Housing Ministry has come under fire for uprooting trees along the Henveiru artificial beach area to widen the capital’s ring road.
The work to redevelop Boduthakurufaanu Magu started last Thursday, with at least two dozen trees removed to make way for a new asphalt road.
Housing Minister Dr. Mohamed Muizzu told local media that the ministry had decided to redevelop the road, starting from the new industrial village on the south-western end of Malé to the Hulhumalé ferry terminal on the north-eastern end of the island.
People criticized the removal of the trees, especially as the environmental destruction was taking place as government ministries celebrated Earth Hour.
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