Construction Minister Abdulla Muththalib said current global technology is not yet advanced enough to build the proposed underwater tunnel between Malé and Ras Malé, and that financial and technical feasibility studies remain pending. The article also notes the Ras Malé land reclamation project has completed only 8 of a targeted 1,153 hectares.
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Construction Minister Abdulla Muththalib acknowledged Monday that global technology has yet to catch up with the vision required for a tunnel spanning around 20-kilometre channel between Malé and Ras Malé.
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President Muizzu first announced the project on 22 January, promising a unique underwater journey where travellers could view marine life along the way.
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It would cost several multiples of the country’s GDP
This is a whole new venture
It’s not a project we can place on a timeline; it’s extraordinary in scale.
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current engineering capabilities are not yet advanced enough to realise such a project. Construction Minister Abdulla Muththalib acknowledged Monday that global technology has yet to catch up with the vision required for a tunnel spanning around 20-kilometre channel between Malé and Ras Malé.
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Originally set to reclaim 1,153 hectares within an eight-month timeline, nearly a year later, only 8 hectares have been completed – less than one per cent of the original target.
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Originally set to reclaim 1,153 hectares within an eight-month timeline, nearly a year later, only 8 hectares have been completed – less than one per cent of the original target.
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The Ras Malé development project itself, inaugurated last December, also faces scrutiny.
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