Minister of National Planning, Housing, and Infrastructure Mohamed Aslam has stated that there is no separate list of recipients of the land plots in the Greater Male’ Region.
Speaking at the Parliament, Minister Aslam refuted claims that parliamentarians representing the government had their own lists of recipients of the land plots. He said that the ministry will not be issuing land plots based on lists formulated by other parties.
The ministry is currently evaluating the applications for the land plots in Male’. The ministry plans to give out 4,000 housing units under the Gedhoruveriyaa scheme and 5,000 land plots under the Binveriyaa scheme, which includes 1,000 land plots from Hulhumale', 2,000 land plots from Gulhifalhu, and 2,000 land plots from Giraavaru. The ministry received over 20,000 applications for housing units under the Gedhoruveriyaa scheme and over 15,000 applications for land plots under the Binveriyaa scheme.
President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih has pledged to provide more land plots in addition to the 5,000 land plots already allocated from Male'. He made the announcement while delivering the Presidential Address at the Parliament.