Vice President Faisal Naseem has inaugurated the World Cleanup Day 2022 activities in Hulhumale’.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremony, Vice President Naseem said the cleanliness of the community reveals the conscientiousness of individuals. He said that keeping the community clean is work that needs to be done every day, especially for future generations. He said that it is an individual’s responsibility to pick up waste on the streets, as an unclean environment affects every person.
Furthermore, Vice President Naseem said the accumulation of waste has an enormous negative impact on the Maldives and should be of great concern for Maldivians. He added that every person should contribute to cleaning up their environment as it would show a positive example to the large number of tourists that visit the country.
Over 1,600 participants have joined the cleanup day activities held by the Housing Development Corporation (HDC), including students, company officials, and volunteers of non-governmental organisations (NGOs). The activities included cleaning up waste from the beach, parks, and streets of Hulhumale’.
Managing Director Ahmed Athif said HDC is continuously working to keep Hulhumale’ clean by clearing waste from public areas totalling 90 hectares every day. He noted that over 16,000 tonnes of waste were cleared this year and called on residents to give their support to the efforts.
World Cleanup Day is the largest civic action against waste, aimed at raising awareness of the scale of the global waste crisis threatening the environment and the lives of millions of people.