MVR54 million road construction project inaugurated in Kulhudhuffushi

President Dr Mohamed Waheed Hassan Manik has inaugurated a road construction project worth MVR54 million in Kulhudhuffushi.

Housing Minister Dr Mohamed Muizzu told Sun Online today that roads measuring 5.8 kilometres will be constructed in Kulhudhuffushi under the agreement signed today between Housing Ministry and Maldives Road Development Corporation.

He said that according to the agreement, the work must be completed within six to eight months.

Muizzu said that the agreement also includes the construction of a ‘maternity waiting home’ at the harbour of the island, and that this project will be launched by the president today. He said that this project, worth MVR9 million, will be completed by the end of November 2013.

He said that funds from the state budget will be used for the road construction project, while MVR7 million received from foreign groups and state funds will be used to construct the maternity waiting home.

“When that building is completed, things will become easier for people who come to Kulhudhuffushi to obtain services. Right now we see that people who come with children don’t have a place for their children,” he said.

Muizzu said at today’s ceremony that tarring of main roads in Kulhudhuffushi will also be completed before the end of the year.