We cannot run away thinking that there is no solution- Pres.

President Mohamed Nasheed has said that it is no good to do simply do nothing saying that the world is ending.

President Nasheed said this at the inauguration ceremony of the second phase of Gulhi Falhu Development Project and naming the first avenue of Gulhi Falhu.

“But we cannot run away thinking that there is no solution. Of course, there are always solutions, and the more we look into it, the more we study into it, the more solutions we are able to find – solutions for human problems, social problems, engineering issues and whatever that we may come across,” the President said.

The President said that Male’ will not survive without some solution to its housing, some solution to its congestion, some solution to the amount of oil that we are importing everyday, and more importantly, when it works in the Maldives, it will work in India, it will work in China it will work in many other big countries.

“The project also involves bridging Gulhi Falhu and Villingili, and hopefully also bridging Villingili to Male’. Therefore, we have one long stretch of road that starts from the tsunami monument in Male’, and ends at Thilafalhu, which is right next to Giraavaru, which is very far away,” the President said.

President Nasheed expressed his contentment that 2500 units have been now built in Gulhifalhu. He also said that the government will be able to build that campus in Gulhi Falhu.

“This is our showpiece development, our showpiece community and we are quite confident that we will be able to use the land by, hopefully end of next year or early 2013,” he said.

“If we want to develop, we will have to develop our minds. We will have to broaden our minds. We will have to be able to think outside the box, find solutions and fix problems.
For me this whole project involves and revolves around a very specific understanding between our two countries,” he said.