Watchdog assures monitoring of tree replanting in Addu
EPA approved the removal of coconut palms to develop a city square.
15 May 2019, 9:00 AM
The Environment Protection Agency assured the public on Tuesday that it would closely monitor the uprooting of coconut palms for the development of a city square on Hithadhoo island in Addu City.
The tree removal was “approved on condition to replant the removed palms elsewhere in Addu,” the EPA tweeted Tuesday, assuring that it would ensure the condition was followed.
But social media users questioned the EPA’s monitoring capacity, posting photos that appeared to show uprooted palms cut into pieces.
The Addu City Square was first developed for the 2011 SAARC Summit held in the southernmost atoll.
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