11-02-2022, 05:57 AM
FIRST BOATS ARRIVE IN THE MALDIVES TO BEGIN RECONSTRUCTION
"It's finally happening. I never thought I would see the day."
A teary-eyed Dhivehi diasporic worker on a boat inbound from Kochi, Dravidia related this to an Associated Press journalist with a huge grin on his face as his ship approached the bombed-out ruins of Kulhudhuffushi, which was once his home. While most of the work boats are maybe a week or two away from arrival, having put out from Karachi (indeed, most Dhivehi diasporics have lived in Sindh for the last eight and a half years) and most of the people on this wave of boats are Dravidian temporary workers, there are estimated to be about seven thousand Dhivehi workers inbound from Dravidia overall, out of an overall refugee population of twenty-four thousand. Other than Malé Atoll, which is now completely submerged, significant parts of all of the Maldives' formerly livable atolls have been cleared once again for rebuilding... with some precautions, of course.
The first phase, Arif Mohamed Riyaz explains, is demolishing whatever structures were left over from the internationally-condemned Robertian-era nuclear attacks against the one-time tourist haven nation. Bulldozers and wrecking crews have been provided by a few Indian Ocean nations, with some en-route from as far away as Australia. Construction materials will be flown in much later, but people are already getting prices on imports, and several Uralican companies as well as three major Canadian forestry producers have offered to sell at discount to anyone involved with the Dhivehi rebuild project.
The entire operation is under the watchful eye of long-time pro-Dhivehi activist Ifraaz Bhutta, who was given a job at the New UN Trust Agency in 2019 and was named the Trust Territory's Executive Officer, leaving Antarctica as the only New UN Trust Territory without one. He will fulfill this role remotely from Geneva until an office can be constructed for him in the Maldives themselves, which could be up to four years down the road depending on how quickly construction happens and how quickly the returning Dhivehis can choose a new capital city. Vaido Kuik, whose temporary job until taking on the role of New UN Secretary-General on 2 January 2023 is as Board Chair of the New UN Trust Agency (which he has been since January), which makes him the immediate superior to Bhutta and the four other Executive Officers - for Amazonia, the Andaman and Nicobar Territories, and the Sahara - for another two months. And Kuik said there's no man better for the job.
"Dr. Bhutta was a no-brainer," Kuik said. "Other than the Dhivehis themselves, there has been no one individual on the planet that has been anywhere near as committed to their cause than him. This was even true in the dying days of the Robertian Era when the two of us worked together in the CDERS, where he was always pointing to the Maldives as one of the reasons the Alliance system needed to end. Come on. Half the population of the archipelago dead and an entire atoll rendered uninhabitable because some teenage dictator got butthurt that someone said something bad about them. He went above and beyond in fighting for the rights of the survivors, and when Sindh constituted as a nation, of course they noticed his efforts and gave the Dhivehi people a degree of official recognition. He got "relocated" to one of the major Dhivehi refugee camps to serve as a Member of Parliament to represent their interests, and he served one four-year term before being replaced by an actual Dhivehi (a naturalized dual citizen) in 2019, and the day he left that post was the day he joined the UN Trust Agency. And he worked hard when I brought him on - although his main interest was the Maldives, he also did some work with the other two Asian TTs, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Mainly logistical stuff involving the XOs [executive officers]. So when the announcement dropped ten days ago, I knew exactly who the right man for the job was. Like I said, no-brainer."
"It's finally happening. I never thought I would see the day."
A teary-eyed Dhivehi diasporic worker on a boat inbound from Kochi, Dravidia related this to an Associated Press journalist with a huge grin on his face as his ship approached the bombed-out ruins of Kulhudhuffushi, which was once his home. While most of the work boats are maybe a week or two away from arrival, having put out from Karachi (indeed, most Dhivehi diasporics have lived in Sindh for the last eight and a half years) and most of the people on this wave of boats are Dravidian temporary workers, there are estimated to be about seven thousand Dhivehi workers inbound from Dravidia overall, out of an overall refugee population of twenty-four thousand. Other than Malé Atoll, which is now completely submerged, significant parts of all of the Maldives' formerly livable atolls have been cleared once again for rebuilding... with some precautions, of course.
The first phase, Arif Mohamed Riyaz explains, is demolishing whatever structures were left over from the internationally-condemned Robertian-era nuclear attacks against the one-time tourist haven nation. Bulldozers and wrecking crews have been provided by a few Indian Ocean nations, with some en-route from as far away as Australia. Construction materials will be flown in much later, but people are already getting prices on imports, and several Uralican companies as well as three major Canadian forestry producers have offered to sell at discount to anyone involved with the Dhivehi rebuild project.
The entire operation is under the watchful eye of long-time pro-Dhivehi activist Ifraaz Bhutta, who was given a job at the New UN Trust Agency in 2019 and was named the Trust Territory's Executive Officer, leaving Antarctica as the only New UN Trust Territory without one. He will fulfill this role remotely from Geneva until an office can be constructed for him in the Maldives themselves, which could be up to four years down the road depending on how quickly construction happens and how quickly the returning Dhivehis can choose a new capital city. Vaido Kuik, whose temporary job until taking on the role of New UN Secretary-General on 2 January 2023 is as Board Chair of the New UN Trust Agency (which he has been since January), which makes him the immediate superior to Bhutta and the four other Executive Officers - for Amazonia, the Andaman and Nicobar Territories, and the Sahara - for another two months. And Kuik said there's no man better for the job.
"Dr. Bhutta was a no-brainer," Kuik said. "Other than the Dhivehis themselves, there has been no one individual on the planet that has been anywhere near as committed to their cause than him. This was even true in the dying days of the Robertian Era when the two of us worked together in the CDERS, where he was always pointing to the Maldives as one of the reasons the Alliance system needed to end. Come on. Half the population of the archipelago dead and an entire atoll rendered uninhabitable because some teenage dictator got butthurt that someone said something bad about them. He went above and beyond in fighting for the rights of the survivors, and when Sindh constituted as a nation, of course they noticed his efforts and gave the Dhivehi people a degree of official recognition. He got "relocated" to one of the major Dhivehi refugee camps to serve as a Member of Parliament to represent their interests, and he served one four-year term before being replaced by an actual Dhivehi (a naturalized dual citizen) in 2019, and the day he left that post was the day he joined the UN Trust Agency. And he worked hard when I brought him on - although his main interest was the Maldives, he also did some work with the other two Asian TTs, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Mainly logistical stuff involving the XOs [executive officers]. So when the announcement dropped ten days ago, I knew exactly who the right man for the job was. Like I said, no-brainer."
Spammers Beware! I will destroy you by the POWAH of the JARK SIDE! ALL SPAMMERS WILL BE EXTERMINATED ON SIGHT.
Spammers EXTERMINATED: 120
(06-11-2022, 10:13 PM)Kyng Wrote: I love how [Abacab] has a track with a section named "Lurker", when the album title itself looks like Lurker's attempt to spell "Abacus" or something .
My Items