Residents of Haa Alif atoll Dhidhdhoo island have held a protest to express their dissatisfaction with the upsurge in the island's electricity bills.

Dhidhdhoo residents had held this objection in the island's engine house on Sunday.

Participants of the objection had expressed their concerns and dissatisfaction following the recent upsurge in the island's electricity bills.

The island council's chief Ali Hashim had said that this month's electricity bill of some residences had reached over MVR 1,500 to 2,000, adding that the engine house workers said this could be the outcome of the heat waves followed by the hot weather these days following which the usage of electricity skyrocketed.

In addition to Dhidhdhoo, capital city Male' and some outlying atolls have experienced similar upsurges in electricity bills within the past two months.