Six months since council allocated 7,000 square feet of land for Hulhudheli Police Station: Foundation stone yet to be laid!

The Hulhudheli Island Council has expressed concern over the delays in constructing the island's police station.

In an interview with RaajjeTV regarding the project, the Hulhudheli Council stated that they have handed over a 7,000-square-foot plot of land to the government for the construction of a new police station. However, the council noted that despite six months having passed since the land was officially handed over, construction has yet to commence, with even the foundation stone not yet laid.

According to the council, the vegetation in the area remains untouched. As no land clearing or preliminary work has commenced to date, the council has characterized the initiative as a stalled government project where physical work has failed to materialize.

The council's primary objective is to see the physical work on this project commence as soon as possible.

The government previously announced that projects to construct police stations across many islands in the Maldives would be fully completed by the end of next year. However, given the current pace of the project in Hulhudheli, questions have been raised as to whether the work can be finished within the government's established timeframe.

In addition to Hulhudheli, local councils and residents across the Maldives are expressing growing concern over the stalling of numerous government development projects. While work has ground to a halt in some islands following foundation-laying ceremonies, it has been noted that in other locations, no progress has been made even after the project sites were officially handed over.