Laamu Gan residents hold demonstrations over inadequate sewage system
07 Aug 2014, 10:49 PM
Ahmed Rilwan
Residents of Laamu Gan demonstrated today over the island’s damaged sewage system which has remained unfixed for the past two months.
The system at fault is located in the new settlement of the tsunami-displaced population that moved to Gan from Mundoo and Kalhaidhoo islands in 2007.
It was funded and established by the International Federation of Red Cross Societies (IFRC) as part of their tsunami recovery work before being handed over to the government of Maldives upon completion.
According to the council, no one has since taken ownership of the system and it has remained abandoned and without any maintenance. The Ministry of Housing has earlier said the damages to the system was caused by vandals.
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