MTCC awarded Baraashu Jetty and Harbour Development Project

The Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) has been awarded the project to develop the Baraashu Jetty and harbour in Haa Alif Atoll. The Ministry of Housing, Land and Urban Development signed the agreement with MTCC in a ceremony held on Tuesday. State Minister Ismail Hameed signed on behalf of the ministry, while MTCC Deputy Managing Director Mohamed Jamshid signed for the company. Parliamentarian for the Baraashu constituency, Sujaau, also attended the ceremony. Under the project, the harbour channel will be dredged, the basin for the new harbour will be dredged, shore protection works will be carried out, and a ramp will be installed. The project also includes the construction of a concrete jetty for dinghy berthing, installing groynes, revetment to protect the sandbank on both sides of the harbour, constructing a sand-filled breakwater, fixing mooring buoys, and installing harbour and channel lights. The project has been awarded with a completion period of 540 days.