All we here these days is that there is environmental damage due to deep piling at Athireege where the 15 storey Holiday Inn is at its early stage of construction. It's on TV Maldives, its on the radio, its on all the print media, its on the internet. Bloody hell! You cannot get away from it.
So what the hell is happening? Is there substantial structural damage or has this fiasco got a more sinister plot? The Environment Ministry's hell sure that there is environmental damage? If so, where is this damage? Damage to nearby buildings, whether structural or superficial, should come under the jurisdiction of the Construction Ministry, me thinks. If there is reef damage due to deep piling, then surely Environment Ministry should be able to show some sort of evidence of this instead of just saying that they do not agree with deep piling. Minister Mauroofu Jameel had said that there is no structural damage to nearby buildings. Perhaps he should have explained what he meant by structural damage and superficial damage. Almost every house in Male' near a construction site has suffered superficial damage to it. Hairline cracks of walls are not uncommon and bursting of water pipes etc is all too familiar in Male' which really is one massive construction site. Shouldn't work be halted in those construction site as well if damage is done to the house next door or does this apply only to the houses of government big shots?
My other question is where is all the media when poor peoples houses are damage? Where is Haveeru and TV Maldives? Where is Bluepeace? Where is the Environment Ministry? I have never seen a poor person being interviewed by the TV, radio or print media about damage (superficial or structural) to their property due to construction being carried by a neighbour. But now that it is the house of the Chief of Protocol, the whole media is having a field day. What fucking hypocrites!
I have also heard several versions of this sorry tale. That Sato has bought all the civil engineers of Maldives so that is why they have been silent about this issue. The other side of the story is the Chief's house has got all their windows onto the eastern side and therefore they do not want this building to go up so that is why his pal Salley of Environment Ministry is creating all the fuss. Check the photo on top. I don't particularly care which version is true or not. I am just fucking mad that we poor people get a raw deal from this government and this self-righteous media of ours while government top officials have the media licking their arses.
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