Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation has signed an agreement with Housing Development Corporation (HDC) for the provision of a land for temporarily parking vehicles up for reregistration due to having been registered to zones other than the Male' area.
Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation has signed an agreement with Housing Development Corporation (HDC) for the provision of a land for temporarily parking vehicles up for reregistration due to having been registered to zones other than the Male' area.
The agreement was signed in a ceremony held at HDC offices yesterday.
We are pleased to announce the signing of an agreement with the @MoTCAmv for the provision of temporary land designated for parking spaces.#WithHDC pic.twitter.com/ewnTpXAmMz
— Housing Development Corporation (@hdcmaldives) August 19, 2024
Transport Minister Mohamed Ameen announced last week that the government will be granting a period of six months for vehicles being driven in Malé on out-of-zone registrations to re-register to the Malé zone by taking the vehicles to a land plot assigned by HDC.
Ameen said that there are a lot of vehicles which have been brought into Malé, but not registered to the Malé zone. He said that a 40 day period would be given for the vehicle owners to take the vehicles to the designated area.
"Taking the vehicle to the land is the responsibility of the [vehicle] owner. That way there would be no damages or fines from us towing [the vehicle]," the minister said.
Minister of Homeland Security and Technology Ali Ihusan also said then that vehicles identified to be registered to other zones but are being driven in Malé after the 40 day period would be towed. As such, he requested the vehicle owners to reregister their vehicles within the six months allocated by the government.
The issue of vehicles registered in other zones being driven in the Malé area came to light after a speeding racing car hit a man in Hulhumalé Phase 2 last month, leaving the victim badly injured and vehicles as well as surrounding trees severely damaged.
Photos from the scene of the accident showed that the car involved in the accident was not registered to be driven in Malé, as it had a B zone plate. Vehicles registered to the B-zone can only be driven up north and down south of Maldives while a vehicle registered in Malé should have an A-zone number plate.
Since then, multiple sports cars in Hulhumale' has been towed by the authorities for being registered to other traffic zones.
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