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Thilafushi originally was as a lagoon called ‘Thilafalhu’ with a length of 7 km and a width of 200 metres at the shallowest regions. It came into existence following a series of discussions and efforts to resolve Malé’s irrepressible garbage predicament during the early 1990s. The decision to reclaim Thilafalhu as a landfill was made on December 5, 1991. Environmentalists say that more than 330 tonnes of rubbish is brought to Thilafushi a day, most of which comes from Malé. In 2005 it was estimated that 31,000 truckloads of garbage are transported to Thilafushi annually, where it is dumped in large piles and eventually used to reclaim land and increase the size of the island.[2] So much is being deposited that the island is growing at a square metre a day
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Thilafushi originally was as a lagoon called ‘Thilafalhu’ with a length of 7 km and a width of 200 metres at the shallowest regions. It came into existence following a series of discussions and efforts to resolve Malé’s irrepressible garbage predicament during the early 1990s. The decision to reclaim Thilafalhu as a landfill was made on December 5, 1991. Environmentalists say that more than 330 tonnes of rubbish is brought to Thilafushi a day, most of which comes from Malé. In 2005 it was estimated that 31,000 truckloads of garbage are transported to Thilafushi annually, where it is dumped in large piles and eventually used to reclaim land and increase the size of the island.[2] So much is being deposited that the island is growing at a square metre a day
(Photo Credit Must Read: PAUL TODD/OUTSIDEIMAGES.COM

 

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