President Abdulla Yameen on Saturday 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 RO facility reached the island nation as part of India's aid effort.
Meanwhile, President Abdulla Yameen decided to cut short his personal trip to Malaysia and declared two days of holiday to deal with the crippling water crisis in the island nation. The Maldives is facing a national crisis after a fire in its capital's lone water treatment plant and much of Male is still without drinking water. President Yameen appealed to the Maldivian public to remain "patient and united, while working with the Government to resolve the national crisis.