Thousands join Malé clean-up event
Volunteers from government offices, independent bodies and state-owned companies, as well as schools and private groups, collected 70 tonnes of waste.
21 Apr 2018, 9:00 AM
More than 4,000 volunteers joined a clean-up event in Malé and the capital’s suburb Vilimalé Saturday morning.
Volunteers from government offices, independent bodies and state-owned companies, as well as from schools and private groups, collected 70 tonnes of waste before noon, according to the environment ministry.
Ministers, lawmakers and senior government officials joined the event, which began at 6 am near the Malé sports grounds.
The programme dubbed Maa Saafu Malé was organised by the environment ministry and the Waste Management Corporation, which on Thursday took over cleaning Malé from the housing ministry.
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