WAMCO and Malé City Council conflict results in garbage pile-up on the streets

The quarrel between the Malé City Council and Waste Management Corporation (WAMCO) has escalated to the point where it is now negatively affecting the lives of Malé residents.

Usually, the residents of the capital city wake up to see the streets swept and the garbage from the previous day removed and disposed of. Recently, though, trash bags have begun to pile up on street corners, where stray cats inevitably forage and spill the contents onto the streets. The scene does not appear or feel clean.