Minister: Efforts under way to drill boreholes for bridge project

Minister of Housing and Infrastructure Dr Mohamed Muizzu has said that efforts have commenced to drill about 29 boreholes up to 50 meters deep in the sea, as part of the Malé-Hulhulé bridge project.

Dr Muizzu posted two updates regarding the bridge project on Twitter this morning.

Male-Hulhule Bridge update(1): borehole equipments on the way to Male. Abt 29 boreholes along the bridge line,upto 50m deep to be drilled.

— Dr.Mohamed Muizzu (@MMuizzu) April 23, 2015

Male-Hulhule Bridge update (2):Design data collection fast ongoing as planned.Dives done today to retrieve wave data pic.twitter.com/T6pkmssQ1J

— Dr.Mohamed Muizzu (@MMuizzu) April 23, 2015

On 9 April, Dr Muizzu said that 200 meters had been closed off in the sea from the southern end of Hulhulé, for the purpose of conducting surveys under the design phase of the project. The work is carried out by a Chinese company.