It is uniquely Male’. Residential buildings are clogged with tenants and roads are congested by commuters. A drop of rain means motorists glide, slip and fall driving over cement-bricks-paved roads (a world’s first). Why worry, the crowded city is definitely taken. Not so long ago experienced local divers found cracks underneath Male’. For the moment nothing is wrong and the development can move on. One would agree Male’ can only expand vertically by cutting through and claiming air space. Newer building code allowing a maximum height of fifteen stories is therefore of no surprise.

Claiming parts of the sea is not so bad after all. HulhuMale’ is certainly inhabitable land and it is a pity that the president would use it as a pet-project to his never ending political aspirations. Punctuated and snail speed developments and offerings mean that citizens can wait. It is uniquely Maldives.