The Construction and Infrastructure Ministry of the Maldives has stated that the project, which is being carried out in partnership with an Indian company named AFCONS has now been completed by 33 percent, which is a 1.2 percent lead from the expected completion rate.
One of the projects that has been on the news time and time again has been the Great Male’ Connectivity project. Although this has been one of the biggest projects to be started up in the Maldives, the Thilamale’ connectivity bridge project has found itself in hot waters over the past two years due to its slow pace as well as the hindrances that it has faced since its inception.
Not only did people stop believing in the eventual completion of the project as there was no physical evidence of the project commencing for months, but there were one too many mishaps for the public to ignore. With this, the bridge which is set to complete the connection of the entire greater Male’ area was popular news once, but now people are just waiting for the eventual completion of the project.
Although the starting up pace for the project was extremely slow, there have been some recent new developments, which cast a glimmer of hope for the project to be completed within the new given timeframe. The Construction and Infrastructure Ministry of the Maldives has now revealed that the project, which is being carried out in partnership with an Indian company named AFCONS has now been completed by 33 percent, which is a 1.2 percent lead from the expected completion rate.
As the project completion was taking a slow pace, causing major debate within the citizens of the Maldives on whether the project will be completed or not, President Dr Mohamed Muizzu had made it part of his Presidential vows to see the project to its completion during his term in the office. Although the project was not being completed as per schedule during the previous administration, it appears that the work has finally picked up the pace and 33 percent has now been completed.
The project is set to be completed by September 2026, and with the current pace, there is still hope for the GMC project to be successfully completed within the given timeframe.
