03 January 2005
By Minivan News

Forty-five percent of all inhabited islands in the atolls suffered disruptions to electricity services following the tsunami that hit the Maldives last Sunday, said the Ministry of Atolls Administration.

The Ministry informed the media yesterday that from the islands that had suffered tsunami-related blackouts, they have now fixed the situation in 10 percent of the islands. The Ministry said that they were now sending teams to the atolls in a coordinated effort with concerned authorities to fix the electricity related problems in the islands.

Life dirupted and destroyed.

Atolls Ministry has now announced seeking 40 generators to replace the generators in the islands that were damaged due to the flooding. The Ministry said that they would be distributing these generators to the islands that have suffered the worst in terms of the power service.

There has been mounting criticism of the Maldivian government in the last few days about the slow response to the disaster, political advantage being taken by pro-government election candidates in the distribution of aid and claims that the government is trying to sweep under the carpet the true extent of the devastation in the Maldives.