Malé industrial village ‘unsuited’ to relocate warehouses
The opposition criticised the government in the aftermath of Friday night’s warehouse fire.
23 Sep 2019, 9:00 AM
National Planning and Infrastructure Minister Mohamed Aslam on Sunday defended scrapping the previous administration’s plans to relocate warehouses to an industrial village in the southwest corner of Malé.
Warehousing in the congested capital has been banned after a fire devastated several buildings and caused the death of a 47-year-old woman on Friday night. But the government plans to relocate warehouse to Thilafushi island near the capital instead of the industrial village developed by the previous administration on about seven hectares of reclaimed land.
At a press conference by the opposition parties on Saturday night, former infrastructure minister Dr Mohamed Muizz said land was reclaimed for the purpose of relocating warehouses and industrial workshops. The state-owned Maldives Ports Limited was tasked with constructing warehouses, after which design work was completed, funds were allocated and a contractor was found before the government changed last November, Muizz said.
“Shouldn’t that work have been done when 10 months passed under this government?” he asked.
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