A total of MVR 16 million has been allocated to Male City Council and Maldives Correctional Services to procure vehicles and machinery, from the grant assistance provided by the Government of India.

Both Male City Council and Maldives Correctional Services will receive MVR 8 million each.

Under the project, the Maldives Correctional Services will procure vans and launches necessary for the transfer of prisoners between various locations in a timely manner.

Meanwhile, Male City Council will be procuring vehicles and machinery under the assistance. The procurement of vehicles and machinery for Male City Council is essential to ease the pressure, strengthen and increase the capacity of the Council to carry out more development projects and deliver efficient and timely services to the residents of capital Male’.

The financial support has been provided from the grant assistance of USD 6.9 million (MVR 106 million) granted to the Government of Maldives by the Government of India during the visit of the Minister of External Affairs of India in March 2019.

The aim of the grant assistance is to conduct socio-economic development projects across the country which are of high impact. The projects under this grant will be managed by local authorities.