The Maldives received a gift of water from Yan Jinhai, Chairman of Tibet's Xizang Autonomous Region, over 3,385 kilometers away.
The Maldives received a gift of water from Yan Jinhai, Chairman of Tibet's Xizang Autonomous Region, over 3,385 kilometers away.FILE –– Concrete blocks are placed along the shoreline to try and prevent further coastal erosion, on December 17, 2019 in Mahibadhoo, Maldives. / Photo: Getty Images
The consignment of mineral water packed into 90 sea containers arrived last week and had been unloaded in the capital Male, a port authority official said. "The government of Maldives has decided to utilise the water to provide assistance to islands in case of water shortage," it said. The congested capital island of Male has already run out of groundwater for drinking and depends on expensive desalination plants to supply the local population.
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