Government seizes island leased for coral reef research
The government has moved to take back an island lease to Professor Hassan Ugail’s Korallion Lab for use as a marine station to conduct research on coral reefs.
02 May 2017, 9:00 AM
The government has moved to take back an island lease to Professor Hassan Ugail’s Korallion Lab for use as a marine station to conduct research on coral reefs.
Moosa Ugail, managing director of Korallion Lab, confirmed that the government abruptly terminated the 21-year lease agreement for the island of Vavvaru in Lhaviyani atoll on Monday.
“The reason the government is giving is that reports were not submitted as required. However, we have always submitted all the reports via email to the fisheries and agriculture ministry and they acknowledged receiving the reports as well,” he previously told newspaper Mihaaru.
“They later informed that the lease was terminated because paper copies of the reports had not been submitted.”
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