The government has begun cleaning and establishing utility services at the land plots in the Greater Male’ Region prior to publishing the list of recipients.
Ministry of National Planning, Housing and Infrastructure stated that the list of recipients of the Binveriyaa and Gedhoruveriyaa schemes under the Gedhoruverin programme will be published in March.
The planning ministry accepted applications through the Gedhoruverin Portal from June to September 2022. The ministry plans to give out 4,000 housing units under the Gedhoruveriyaa scheme and 5,000 land plots under the Binveriyaa scheme, which includes 1,000 land plots from Hulhumale', 2,000 land plots from Gulhifalhu, and 2,000 land plots from Giraavaru. The ministry received over 20,000 applications for housing units under the Gedhoruveriyaa scheme and over 15,000 applications for land plots under the Binveriyaa scheme.
Currently, Housing Development Corporation (HDC) is preparing the land plots in Hulhumale’. As such, workers are cleaning and leveling the areas while the relevant authorities establish utility services and makes the final preparations to hand over the plots. Managing Director of HDC Ahmed Athif said the land plots will be no smaller than 12,000sqft and that the plots will be prepared before the list of recipients is published.
The ministry stated that recipients will receive a total of 1.2 million square feet of land in 60 areas of Hulhumale’. A total of 3.8 million square feet of land will be issued through the Gedhoruverin programme. Around 1,250sqft is the minimum size of a plot and 400sqft will be added for every recipient. The ministry will provide a 4,000sqft plot for over seven recipients.