Malé makeover modelled on Tokyo
Plans to redevelop Malé City by vacating five slum-like neighbourhoods are based on the model of Tokyo, Housing Minister Dr Mohamed Muizz said Friday night.
31 Mar 2018, 9:00 AM
Plans to redevelop Malé City by vacating five slum-like neighbourhoods are based on the model of Tokyo, Housing Minister Dr Mohamed Muizz said Friday night.
Appearing on the state broadcaster, Muizz said “urban development and land readjustment” were most successfully carried out in the Japanese capital, the world’s most populous metropolitan area.
“Implementing this the way it was done in Tokyo is our aim,” he said, adding that the vacated plots would make way for open spaces and parks.
The housing ministry has announced plans to vacate seven blocks from the Maafannu West district of the capital after providing flats to 256 families living in cramped quarters.
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