Thirty coconut palms vandalised on Nadella
10 Mar 2010, 6:56 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
A group of people have cut down 30 coconut palm trees on the island of Nadella in Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll, the same area where President Mohamed Nasheed had promised to develop a football stadium.
Councilor of Nadella Abbas Ali told Minivan News that given that the price of one grown palm tree was Rf500 a sapling Rf100, the incident on Monday night represented a total loss Rf3500 to the community.
“Some of the people earn money by selling coconuts and items made from palm trees,” he said.
”In that area there are 430 palm trees belonging to 25 people. It is a very big loss for some people.”
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