Minister of Housing and Infrastructure, Dr. Mohamed Muizzu has revealed that issuance of application forms for those who wish to get wedded on the China Maldives Friendship Bridge, officially named Sinamale, will begin on Sunday.

Minister Muizzu revealed this via a tweet typed out in Dhivehi early Friday morning.

This tweet translates to “Issuance of application forms who wish to get married on the bridge as President Abdulla Yameen pledged, will begin on the 5^th of August”. His tweet further highlights that forms will be issued from the Housing Ministry’s front desk and that forms will be issued till the 13^th of August.

While construction work of the Sinamale bridge being built between capital city Male’ and its suburban extension Hulhumale’ is mostly completed and is declared to be opened by the 25^th of September, Minister Muizzu has affirmed that it will be completed and opened to the general public before the given date.

While over a 1,000 expatriate workers are involved in the bridge development project established between the government and Chinese company, China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) Second Harbor Engineering Company Limited, about USD 200 million are being spent for the project, out of which USD 116 million is free aid by the Chinese government and USD 72 million is allocated as loan by the Chinese government.