Thilafushi closed for clean-up as ‘garbage island’ overflows
06 Dec 2011, 3:57 PM
Eleanor Johnstone
Male’ City Council has banned waste dumping at Thilafushi, commonly known as ‘garbage island’, until the current overflow has been cleaned up and boats can access the appropriate dumping areas.
“We decided to ban all the parties from dumping waste until we draft regulations and devise policies on dumping waste,” Councillor Ibrahim Shujau told Haveeru News yesterday.
He explained that parties bringing waste from place other than Male’ would be allowed to dump in designated areas only after a cleaning operation had been carried out and new regulations published.
Minivan News was unable to reach Shujau at time of press.
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