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A picture taken from a video showing renderings of the proposed cruise terminal and the yacht marina at Hulhumale Phase 2. (Video/HDC)

Urbanco to reclaim land from Hulhumale Phase 2 for Male land scheme

According to sources, the land reclamation will be carried out by the China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), which also built the Sinamale Bridge.

10 May 2023
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Urbanco has decided to reclaim land from the lagoon of Hulhumale Phase 2 to award land plots to Male natives under a government scheme. 

The government has promised to provide free land to Male natives from Hulhumale Second Phase. However, available land area from Hulhumale Second Phase is small compared to the high number of applicants. 

Urbanco is also planning to build an international-class cruise terminal in Hulhumale. It is planned to be built on the western side of Hulhumale Phase 2. Urbanco had earlier said that major companies with experience had shown interest for the project.

However, reliable sources told Atoll Times that Urbanco was doing the administrative work that was required to be done before the master plan was changed drastically to reclaim the lagoon area of Hulhumale Phase 2.

According to sources, the land reclamation will be carried out by the China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), which also built the Sinamale Bridge.

Repeated calls and text messages to various members of Urbanco's PR team remain unanswered. The company's managing director Ahmed Atif also did not respond to calls.

Suhail Ahmed, former managing director of Urbanco, had said at the time that financially competent and world-class companies had applied for the opportunity to build the cruise terminal. According to him, a developer would be selected before December 2021.

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