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2007-03-29 Some residents of Haa Alifu atoll Ihavandhoo, after complaining that the ADB funded power house project was being delayed, have stormed the Island Office and forcefully shut it down, Wednesday(28/03/2007). One of the residents who were leading the charge to close down the Office told Haveeru that they had decided to shut down the Office because the ADB funded project to provide electricity to the island had not been finished by the scheduled date. Previously, around fifty residents had met with the Island Chief, Adnan Abdulla, on the 1st of the month to discuss the delays and had even called up the Haa Alifu Atoll Chief also. Some of the residents said that the Atoll Chief had promised that service would be available by the 15th of the month. “When we talked to the Island Chief and Atoll Chief they assured us that electricity would be provided by the 15th of the month,” said one of the residents. “We told the Atoll Chief that if electricity was not provided by the date he se

02nd April 07 ,Monday The Senior Island Chief of Ihavandhoo Island says the people of the island who had blocked and kept the Island Office from being opened say they will not leave till a team from the Ministry of Energy and Water arrive in Ihavandhoo and give a date when electricity will be provided to the island. “I am not stating any personal opinion. These are expressions of the community. I have met the people and talked with them today. The people say they will not cease their control over the Island Office till a team from the Ministry of Energy and Water arrive in the island and set a target date for provision of electricity to the island”. In further detail, Senior Island Chief explained that it was targeted to provide electricity to Ihavandhoo on 25th October 2006. But the people are expressing criticism about the progress of work by Namira Agas Hayles Consortium, the companies to which the electrification work had been contracted. He also said that electricity is one of the