Keeping Gulhi-Falhu Project on the backburner and prioritizing the Transshipment harbor in Haa-Alif Atoll.

Male is a small island with a total area of approximately one square mile. It is densely populated with an estimated population of nearly one hundred thousand people congested within that square mile. The government’s economic policies contradict its professed policy of decentralization. The development of Male-Villingilli and building mega projects such as Hulhumale and Gulhee-Falhu in such close proximity to the capital island will aggravate the congestion and further centralization of the population towards Male.
We need to pay priority to develop the transshipment harbor in Haa-Alif atoll and keep the Gulhi-Falhu project on the backburner for the time being. The country and our fragile economy cannot handle the overheating that will result from the simultaneous implementation of mega projects all over the country without much planning.