Meedhoo dredging halted for noncompliance with environment regulations
26 Mar 2014, 9:49 PM
Ahmed Rilwan
The Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has stopped dredging in Meedhoo, Dhaalu atoll, after the recently started project failed to take measures to protect its environmental impact.
Director General of the agency Ibrahim Naeem told Minivan News that the project was approved by the agency after completing an Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), but that the dredging was carried out against the conditions under which it was approved.
The US$10.8 million government project to have 17.5 hectors of land reclaimed and a 485 metre revetment constructed in Meedhoo is being implemented by Netherlands’ Boskalis International.
It was inaugurated last week by President Abdulla Yameen and is expected to be completed within eighteen months of commencement.
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