MTCC commences work on Maaungoodhoo harbor project

Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) has commenced physical works of the harbor development project in Sh. Maaungoodhoo.

The project’s commencement was marked in a ceremony attended by MTCC’s CEO Adam Azim, Funadhoo MP Mohamed Shahid, Maaungoodhoo Council’s President Adam Saleem, and top officials from MTCC in Maaungoodhoo on Tuesday.

The scope of the project includes:

• Harbor basin dredging operations of 59,013.29 cubic meters
• Channel dredging operations of 3,245.48 cubic meters
• Construction of a 362-meter breakwater
• Construction of a 105-meter revetment
• Construction of a 312-meter quay wall
• Installation of harbor pavement in a 1,508.90 square meter area
• Installation of street and navigational lights

The project is valued at MVR 59.71 million.

Speaking at the ceremony, MTCC’s CEO Azim noted that the lack of harbor in Maaungoodhoo was one of the biggest difficulties facing the residents of the island, with cargo boats having to turn away without unloading to the island during bad weather.

He provided assurance MTCC would try to complete the project as soon as possible.

“We are scheduling the work so the harbor is operational within next year,” he said.

Funadhoo MP Shahid said the development of a harbor was the biggest project in Maaungoodhoo to date.

He said a harbor was crucial to development, in terms of economics and other perspectives.

But the development of Maaungoodhoo isn’t ending with this project, he said.

“Next is the road development project. In Sha Allah, the biggest project next term will be the development of roads in Maaungoodhoo,” he said.