Waste disposal sites ready for operation

MALE, May 18 (HNS) -- The waste disposal and incineration systems developed in the north and south of the country are ready for use and will become operational very soon, the planning ministry said. The ministry is in the process of selecting parties to do the waste disposal work at the two sites which were set up in Haa Dhaalu atoll Kulhudhuffushi island and Addu atoll Hithadhoo under the regional development plan. "Waste disposal work will be awarded to private parities on contract basis. We are in the process of selecting parties and a decision on this would be reached soon," the planning ministry said in written answers sent to Haveeru. The machinery needed for waste disposal and incineration have been send to Kulhudhuffushi while the machines for Hithadhoo would be sent on 21 May, the planning ministry said.