i-Havan, Gaadhoo port development to resume

Economic minister Mohamed Saeed said on Monday that the work of the integrated development project in the northernmost Ihavandhippolhu and the commercial port to be developed near L. Gaadhoo -- projects initiated during former President Abdulla Yameen's government -- will resume. 

Saeed made the announcement in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter. Saeed said the works of the Male commercial port will also continue and details will be announced very soon.

The i-Havan project, announced by then President Yameen at the 2014 Investment Forum held in Singapore, seeks to develop a trading and business hub in the northernmost Haa Alif atoll, which would act as an “entrepot”, and is part of a broader integrated project in the atoll.

Yameen's government also announced the development of a transshipment port in Gaadhoo. People living in Gaadhoo were also relocated to Funadhoo island in the atoll.

There is a project already underway to relocate the commercial port of Male to Gulhifalhu.