Maldives Water Crisis

A power struggle in the Maldives, a tiny Indian Ocean nation known for scenic luxury resorts and crystal-clear blue water, is taking center stage in a wider battle for regional influence between India and China.

Restoring water supplies to the Maldivian capital could take 10 more days, an official warned today, but tourists will not be affected by the crisis in the idyllic holiday destination.

Restoring water supplies to the Maldivian capital could take 10 more days, an official warned today, but tourists will not be affected by the crisis in the idyllic holiday destination.

A Navy vessel and an Air Force aircraft carrying nearly 1,000 tonnes of fresh water reached Male today as India mounted a major effort to help the Maldivian capital that is reeling from an acute shortage of drinking water after its lone desalination plant caught fire.

President Abdulla Yameen today appealed for calm amid simmering discontent over an acute water crisis in the Maldives as an Indian naval vessel carrying a large consignment of water and Reverse Osmosis (RO) facility reached the island nation as part of India's aid effort.

Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen urged patience Saturday as discontent over a drinking water crisis simmered in parts of the island nation following a fire that crippled a major desalination plant.

A power struggle in the Maldives, a tiny Indian Ocean nation known for scenic luxury resorts and crystal-clear blue water, is taking center stage in a wider battle for regional influence between India and China.

Restoring water supplies to the Maldivian capital could take 10 more days, an official warned today, but tourists will not be affected by the crisis in the idyllic holiday destination.

Restoring water supplies to the Maldivian capital could take 10 more days, an official warned today, but tourists will not be affected by the crisis in the idyllic holiday destination.

A Navy vessel and an Air Force aircraft carrying nearly 1,000 tonnes of fresh water reached Male today as India mounted a major effort to help the Maldivian capital that is reeling from an acute shortage of drinking water after its lone desalination plant caught fire.

President Abdulla Yameen today appealed for calm amid simmering discontent over an acute water crisis in the Maldives as an Indian naval vessel carrying a large consignment of water and Reverse Osmosis (RO) facility reached the island nation as part of India's aid effort.

Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen urged patience Saturday as discontent over a drinking water crisis simmered in parts of the island nation following a fire that crippled a major desalination plant.