Speaker of the Parliament Mohamed Nasheed has filed a case at the Civil Court to stop the removal of trees from Ameenee Magu.
Reconstruction Ameenee Magu began last month under the 'Male Streetscaping project. State-owned corporation Road Development Corporation RDC is undertaking the project and it had been removing the tall trees on Ameenee Magu as part of the project.
While the public has voiced their concern over the removal, Speaker of the Parliament Nasheed expressed his concern over the issue in the parliament on several occasions and also threatened legal action to stop the removal.
Nasheed hired the local law firm Shunana and Co to take the case to court and the law firm has now confirmed that the case had been filed at the Civil Court.
The law firm said that it was requesting to stop the removal of trees in Ameenee Magu as there are other alternative ways to carry out the road development without removing trees.
It added that it had requested to issue temporary injunction order.
The firm further said that the removal violates Articles 22, 23 (d) of the Constitution as well as the Climate Emergency Act and the Paris Agreement.
