Police say they have been taking special action against those who throw garbage onto the streets of Male'.
Police said that they would need the cooperation of all the Male residents to keep the city clean and that all must uphold their responsibility to prevent the spread of diseases due to garbage dumping on the streets.
They further said that they were working with relevant authorities to advise and fine those dumping garbage onto the streets of Male'. Police also said that if they identify any individual or group who dumps garbage on the streets, they make the perpetrators clean up their mess.
The capital city has been undergoing a mega cleanup in the last few days after residents gathered their collective waste on the streets of Male' City after cleaning up their households for the holy month of Ramadan.
This led to piles of rubbish and waste seen on almost all the street corners with old furniture, toilet seats, and construction waste also among the collected garbage.
The City Council has deployed staff across the City to rid the capital of the waste and Male City Mayor Adam Azim confirmed that his staff has collected 305.6 tons of waste in 18 days.
He said that this amounts to 25 ft-sized 12.22 containers. The Mayor implored the residents not to throw out waste on the streets and to work together to make the city a pleasant place to live.
