Total solution or total mystery? Maldives housing project still drawing blanks
No information is available about costs, finance sources, time-frame or work schedule.
07 Aug 2018, 9:00 AM
There were no queues and no information on Tuesday for the government’s “total solution” housing scheme, as applications opened for the mysterious and sudden project.
The Vilimalé 2 – or ‘Hiyaa Accomplished’ – project was announced by President Abdulla Yameen last month as a “total solution” to overcrowding in the capital, promising a “second city” that could house almost the entire Maldivian population.
No cost estimates, sources of finance, time-frame, categories or work schedule have been given for the ambitious plan, which has been revealed weeks before a presidential election.
No details about anything were available on Tuesday, not even how many people had taken application forms although a housing ministry spokesman said this figure would be revealed in a week.
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