WAMCO awarded construction of new MET office in Gan

WAMCO was awarded the project of constructing a new MET office in Addu Gan yesterday.

As per the Ministry of Tourism and Environment's "government" website, they had signed the agreement with WAMCO yesterday for them to construct a new MET office building at Gan International Airport.

The new building is being constructed so that MET's current office in Gan can offer better services and to modernize said office, said the ministry.

The ministry said that the project is an important part of developing Maldives' "early warning system". The ministry also said that this is important work that is being done in order to strengthen weather forecast services and to improve the quality of information being given to the public.

The ministry went on to say that with this project, weather forecasts for Gan Airport, Addu and southern atolls will be more complete, with the ability to disseminate the information faster being possible.

This year, the government has begun the practical work to upgrade the quality of the some of Maldives' Observation Stations to Global Basic Observation Network quality, which is being financed by the Systemic Observation Financing Facility created by the United National Multi-Party Trust Fund (UNMPTF) in tandem with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

As per what the MET office has said in the past, the project will cover the improvement in quality of weather instruments being used in the four observatories in Maldives, with work to construct an additional MET office in N. Maafaru being included as well. 

The weather observatories in Maldives are currently in Hulhule', HDh. Hanimaadhoo, L. Kadhdhoo, GDh. Kaadedhdhoo and Addu Gan. Along with those, tide stations have been set up in Hanimaadhoo, Hulhule' and Addu Gan, along with automated weather stations having been set up in 20 islands to monitor ocean currents.