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Government repays outstanding amounts from tsunami related loans

The government has completed payment of outstanding amounts from loans taken by citizens to compensate for damages received in the 2004 tsunami disaster. The decision was revealed in a press release issued by President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih.

In the press release, the president revealed from the USD 2 million outstanding from 455 loans issued by Bank of Maldives (BML), the government has cleared close to USD 1 million. Following the move, BML has waived the remaining payments of the loans.

President Solih said the decision was made after deliberating on the fact that a number of citizens who took loans in the wake of the 2004 tsunami disaster have been unable to pay back their loans.