Male’, Maldives – Maldives Transport and Contracting Company (MTCC) on Wednesday detailed the dispersion and new routes planned for the minibuses received on July 17.
The buses procured for the Raajje Transport Link (RTL) will be used in the capital city Male’, Addu City, Fuvahmulah City and Isdhoo-Kalaidhoo and Fonadhoo-Gan of Laamu Atoll.
Twelve minibuses are to be utilized for internal transport within the capital city while additional 12 will be dispatched to Addu City, 7 to Laamu Atoll and 5 for Fuvahmulah City.
This will increase the bus routes in Addu City within the connected islands by 4 additional routes while 4 routes will also be added for Hulhumeedhoo. Eight buses are allocated for the Hithadhoo-Feydhoo route while 4 are for Hulhumeedhoo.
A total of 36 buses were shipped to Maldives on Saturday with the 5 remaining minibuses expected to arrive by the end of July 2022.
MTCC’s Our Mini series of buses have the passenger capacity of 25 people, with 20 seats and special arrangements for people with disabilities.
RTL is a government led project under the ambition of connecting the whole country through public transport. RTL includes a high speed ferry network along with the bus network.
It is expected to revolutionize connectivity across the archipelago, eliminate social and economic isolation from one island to the other, which in turn would bridge the small island economies to the national economy, making way for higher economic prosperity.
