Parliament referred an emergency motion on the government's Ras Malé project to a joint committee of the Public Accounts Committee and the Committee on State-Owned Enterprises, with 30 of 32 MPs voting in favour. Deputy Speaker Ahmed Saleem raised concerns over undisclosed project costs, an EIA covering only a fraction of the reclamation area, and a 99-year lease of sovereign land to a foreign company.
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The motion received an overwhelming endorsement from the parliamentarians present, with 30 out of 32 voting in favour.
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He pointed out that while the plan is to reclaim 1,153 hectares of the 1,280-hectare Fushidhiggaru lagoon, the existing EIA covers only 29 hectares, a mere 2.26% of the total area.
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the existing EIA covers only 29 hectares, a mere 2.26% of the total area.
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The company has been promised 70 hectares of land on a long-term lease as compensation for the reclamation work.
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Saleem questions the valuation process of Maldivian sovereign property leased to a foreign company for 99 years.
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He noted that the MVR 400 million proposed for the project in the 2023 state budget was rejected by the parliament.
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The decision to refer the motion to the joint committee was made during the final parliamentary sitting of this year.
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