Vice president inaugurates Maafaru airport project
The project to develop a domestic airport in Noonu Maafaru was awarded in November 2013 to Millennium Capital Investment – a local company involved in a US$6 million corruption scandal implicating then-Tourism Minister Adeeb in October 2014.
24 Sep 2015, 9:00 AM
Vice President Ahmed Adeeb yesterday inaugurated the development of a domestic airport on the island of Maafaru in Noonu atoll, eight years after the project was first announced.
Speaking at a ceremony held on the island to lay foundation stones, Adeeb said Noonu atoll will become a major “tourism zone” in the future.
Adeeb said the current administration has cancelled several agreements for resort development in Noonu atoll due to lack of progress. Uninhabited islands have been leased to new companies capable of developing resorts, he added.
Several new resorts will open in Noonu atoll by the end of 2016, he continued, which would create new jobs for youth in the northern atoll.
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