Housing Minister Dr Ali Haidar has expressed concerns over the potential loss of critical data stored in the Housing Ministry’s server following the fire incident at Maafannu Green Building, which houses three key ministries.
In an interview with PSM, Minister Haidar stated that the server contained essential information, including employee records, project details, house registries, and drawings.
"If we don't have access to the server, we won't be able to retrieve that information. All the documents have been burnt down. So it's a huge loss for us," Minister Haidar said.
Speaking to Mihaaru News, the minister revealed that efforts are underway to salvage the server’s disk to recover the data. The disk may need to be sent abroad for analysis to determine whether the documents can be retrieved.
The ministry had earlier assured the public that key housing scheme documents, including the flat lists and Binveriyaa scheme data, will remain unaffected. These records are stored digitally in cloud hosting, and will not be affected in the fire, the ministry said in a press release.
In the aftermath of the fire, which broke out early Thursday morning and took four hours to bring under control, operations of the Housing Ministry, along with the Construction and Infrastructure Ministry and the Environment Ministry, have been temporarily relocated to Dharubaaruge. Setup work for the relocation has been underway since Thursday night.
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