The Maldives government has initiated preparations to distribute land plots in the Greater Male’ region.
The Ministry of National Planning, Housing and Infrastructure announced that the list of recipients for the Binveriyaa and Gedhoruveriyaa schemes under the Gedhoruverin program will be made public in March.
The ministry accepted applications for the scheme from June until September 2022.
The government will distribute 4,000 housing units under the Gedhoruveriyaa scheme, and 5,000 land plots under the Binveriyaa scheme; including 1,000 land plots in Hulhumale’, 2,000 plots in Gulhifalhu, and 2,000 plots in Giraavaru.
According to the ministry, it received over 20,000 applications for the housing units and over 15,000 applications for the land plots.
The Housing Development Corporation (HDC) is currently overseeing the preparation of the land plots in Hulhumale’; including the cleaning and leveling of the plots, and establishing utility services.
Meanwhile, the ministry said the recipients will receive a total of 1.2 million square feet of land in 60 areas of Hulhumale’ with a minimum plot size of 1,250 square feet and an additional 400 square feet per recipient on each plot. A total of 3.8 million square feet of land will be distributed under the Gedhoruverin program.