Progress Tracker
Ras Malé is being reclaimed from Fushidhiggaru lagoon in twelve sites. Here is every published figure, site by site, with its date and source. When a site has no published figure, we say so.
About 70%
reclaimed · last hectare figure ~500 of 1,009 ha (31 Mar 2026)
500 ha
reclaimed by 31 Mar 2026
1,009 ha
total to reclaim
11 of 12
sites with active work
65,000
housing units planned
Last official update: 26 September 2026 · President Mohamed Muizzu on PSM's Nation Chat, via Atoll Times
Planned total from the President's Office. Some sites publish other totals, such as 1,150 ha.
Colours show each site's status. Sites reported together share one figure.
| Site | Planned area | Contractor | Latest figure | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J | 29 ha | CMC (Sri Lanka) | Fully reclaimed, Nov 2025 | Completed |
| A | 137.5 ha | MACL with Jan De Nul | 116 ha (84%), 12 Feb 2026 | In progress |
| D, F, G, L | 395 ha combined | Mohan Mutha Exports, CRCC | 100.6 ha, Aug 2025; Site L 25.53%, Nov 2025 | In progress |
| C | 190 ha | China Harbour (CHEC) | 20.09%, Nov 2025 | In progress |
| E | 75 ha | China Harbour (CHEC) | No site figure published | Awaiting update |
| B, H, I | 183.5 ha combined | Not reported | No site figure published | Awaiting update |
| K | Not published | Not reported | No site figure published | Awaiting update |
Sep 2026
About 70% reclaimed, with completion targeted for the end of 2026
Source: Ras Malé project will proceed, no foreign land ownership: President (Atoll Times)21 Sep 2026
Commercial terms signed with Eagle Hills for a waterfront on about 500 ha
Source: Eagle Hills signs $12 billion Maldives waterfront deal (Gulf News)Jun 2026
Work slows as fuel costs rise; about 60% reclaimed
Source: Rasmalé land reclamation faces temporary slowdown (Dredging Today)Jun 2026
Housing for All closes with 58,505 applications
Source: Over 58,000 applications for government housing schemes (Adhadhu)31 Mar 2026
Nearly 500 ha reclaimed across 11 sites
Source: Housing for All initiative: Rasmalé project reclaims nearly 500 hectares of land (Dredging Today)Jan 2026
Housing for All applications open: 15,000 plots and 7,900 flats
Source: Application opened for 'Housing for All' policy (Maldives Financial Review)Dec 2025
Transport master plan put out to tender
Source: Rasmale' Transport Master Plan: request for expressions of interest (Government Gazette)1 Dec 2025
Site A begins with the Cristóbal Colón
Source: Rasmale' land reclamation reaches 30% completion, MACL says (MV+)Nov 2025
Site J completed
Source: President inspects progress of Rasmalé Land Reclamation Project (President's Office)Oct 2025
City master plan put out to tender
Source: Consultancy Services for the Preparation of Rasmale' Master Plan (Government Gazette)2 Aug 2025
China Harbour agreement signed for Sites C and E (265 ha)
Source: Rasmalé reclamation work starts with Chinese company on site (MMTV)Apr 2025
101 ha reclaimed, about 10% of the planned land
Source: RasMale': 10 percent now reclaimed (The Edition)10 Nov 2024
Reclamation resumes after a six-month pause
Source: Land reclamation resumes at Rasmalé (Dredging Today)Jun 2024
Government decides to end the first contractor's (CMC's) contract after 29 ha
Source: Rasmale' reclamation deal with CMCC to be terminated (Adhadhu)18 Dec 2023
Reclamation of Fushidhiggaru lagoon launched
Source: President Dr Muizzu declares that Ras Malé will develop as a zero-carbon, safe island (President's Office)
Progress · Oct 2026
Nobody has published a full bill for Ras Malé. But the pieces are on the record: a contractor-financed plan that failed, a budget line Parliament removed, a loan through HDC whose size is secret, and a waterfront deal the government says will pay much of it back.
Progress · Oct 2026
Reclaiming a thousand hectares of lagoon changes the sea around it. Here is what has been reported about Ras Malé's effects on reefs, water quality and fishing, what's been done to limit them, and why the government calls it a climate adaptation project.
Progress · Oct 2026
Five companies have been hired to reclaim Ras Malé in under three years, and two of them left with the work unfinished. Here is who each contractor is, which sites it took on, what it delivered and what it cost.
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