The Housing Development Corporation (HDC) has affirmed that the land plots allocated to individuals in Hulhumale’ Phase III remains unchanged and will not be changed to Fushidhiggaru Falhu.
The statement was made by Managing Director of HDC Ibrahim Fazul Rasheed in a post on X, following a report from a local online news outlet claiming the government intends to change the land allocations from Hulhumale’ Phase III to Fushidhiggaru Falhu.
The Fushidhiggaru Falhu reclamation project stands as the largest housing initiative under the current administration. Although the proposed state budget for the upcoming year included USD26 million allocated for the project, the budget passed after the funding was removed during the committee stage.
The Hulhumale' Phase III land reclamation project commenced in September, progressing in three phases. As such reclamation of Site A has been completed with reclamation on Site B initiated in October. A total of 10 hectares of land has been reclaimed in Site A and 26 hectares of land will be reclaimed at Site B. The project aims to reclaim 63 hectares of land in total.
The previous administration had decided to allocate land plots to residents of Male' City from the newly reclaimed area, with 1,351 out of the 9,000 plots designated for allocation in Hulhumale'.