India’s Afcons awarded MVR 1.1 billion project to develop roads in Addu

Maldives Planning Ministry has contracted India’s Afcons Infrastructure Limited for a MVR 1.1 billion project to design and build roads and drainage systems in Addu City.

The construction contract for the project was signed by Planning Ministry’s Director General Fathimath Shana Farooq and Afcons’ Director of Operations Ravi Prakash in a ceremony at the Foreign Ministry headquarters in Male’ on Sunday morning.

The project will be financed under the USD 800 million line of credit from the Exim Bank of India.

According to the terms of the contract, Afcons needs to complete the project within 730 days.

The project will involve:

• Establishing drainage systems in all districts of Addu, except for Feydhoo, in order to remedy flooding. The system will measure approximately 103 kilometers in length.
• Building asphalt roads in all residential districts of Addu measuring 40 kilometers. An additional 60 kilometers of road will be given a cement stabilized layer to prevent sand from clogging the drainage system.
• Resurfacing work on 3.4 kilometers of asphalt road.

Planning Ministry states that they will be installing light fixtures and CCTVs in the roads developed under the project, and establishing other traffic safety measures.

The project also involves building a four-lane detour link road stretching 1.43 kilometers which will link the Hithadhoo Gaukede with Maradhoo.