Court rules in favour of evicted Kulhudhuffushi residents
The magistrate court was ordered to review compensation claims for two houses torn down for an airport.
27 Oct 2018, 9:00 AM
The High Court on Wednesday ruled in favour of residents of Kulhudhuffushi who were ordered to vacate their homes for the construction of an airstrip.
The appellate court’s newly-opened northern branch ordered the magistrate court to review compensation claims made by residents of two houses that were to be torn down for the airport.
In September, the government’s Regional Airports department gave residents living in 18 houses near the airstrip a five-day deadline to move out.
They were offered new plots of land, compensation for their homes and rent for an eight-month period. But the process was rushed as the outgoing administration scrambled to finish the airstrip before the September 23 presidential election.
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