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The residents of H. Dh. Kurimbi bringing ashore the boat that ran aground a reef early on January 09, 2018. The boat was en route to H. Dh. Kulhudhufishi when the incident occurred. PHOTO / ALI UWAISH The Haa Dhaalu atoll ferry ran aground a reef Tuesday morning while carrying over 70 passengers from […]
President Abdulla Yameen and some ministers pictured at the inauguration of land reclamation for the airport development project in HDh. Kulhudhuffushi. PHOTO/PRESIDENT’S OFFICE Tourism minister Moosa Zameer has announced that the government would award development of Haa Dhaal atoll Kulhudhuffushi island’s airport this week. Speaking to Mihaaru, Zameer revealed that the government’s focus was to […]
Officials of the Maldives’ health ministry and India’s NIMS Hospital at the signing ceremony awarding operations and development of Kulhudhuffushi Regional Hospital to the latter. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU Ali Usaid, the local director of Kulhudhuffushi Regional Hospital, has filed cases at the police and Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), accusing the hospital’s operator, Noorul Islam International Pvt […]
Aerial view showing MTCC’s dredger “Maha Jarraf” off the coast of HDh. Kulhudhuffushi. Land reclamation for the airport development project in Haa Dhaal atoll Kulhudhuffushi island has been completed. Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC)’s newest dredger “Maha Jarraf” reclaimed a total of 15 hectares, six from the island’s lagoon and nine from the island’s wetlands. […]
Officials of the Maldives’ health ministry and India’s NIMS Hospital at the signing ceremony awarding operations and development of Kulhudhuffushi Regional Hospital to the latter. PHOTO: HUSSAIN WAHEED/MIHAARU The foreign operator of Haa Dhaal atoll Kulhudhuffushi island’s regional hospital has sent an official letter to President Abdulla Yameen, laying heavy accusations against the locals in […]
Reclaimed strip for the bund wall through the mangrove swamp of H.Dh. Kulhudhuffushi. PHOTO/SOCIAL MEDIA Twelve hectares of land has been reclaimed for the airport development project in Haa Dhaal atoll Kulhudhuffushi island. The president of the island’s council, Abdul Latheef, stated that six hectares from the lagoon and six hectares from the island’s mangrove […]
Aerial view of HDh Kulhudhuffushi shows ongoing land reclamation. Six hectares of land reclaimed from the western lagoon of Haa Dhaal atoll Kulhudhuffushi and other preparations are fully underway to commence development of the island’s new airport. The government-initiated project to develop a domestic airport in Kulhudhuffushi requires the reclamation of six hectares of the […]
The barge “Kurimagu” of MTCC, carrying 3,300 tonnes of aggregate to HDh Kulhudhuffushi, capsized after it was caught in a storm. PHOTO/READER A barge carrying 3,300 tonnes of construction aggregate to Haa Dhaal atoll Kulhudhuffushi island last Thursday was caught in the severe storm across the Maldives and capsized, Mihaaru has learnt. The barge, which […]
Ooredoo Maldives has expanded its ‘SuperNet’ fibre-optic broadband service to Kulhudhuffushi, the capital of the Haa Dhaalu Atoll administrative division on Thiladhunmathi Atoll. Local newspaper Miadhu reports that the rollout was carried out in cooperation with infrastructure partner and TV service provider Wavelength, which has supported Ooredoo in expanding the network on the island. The […]