Hirimaadhoo Council The island office: notices, services, and the people you can ask
Hirimaadhoo, two thousand one hundred and forty people

The island office, and what it can do for you today

Notices with the date on them, the waste collection days, what the harbour charges, and which desk handles the thing you came about. If it is not here, the form at the bottom of this page reaches the office.

Ask the office What each desk does

What this site is for

Most of what people come to the office for is one of four things: a letter or a copy from the register, a payment, a question about a plot, or a complaint about something broken.

Three of those four can be started here. The fourth, the plot questions, still needs somebody at the desk, because every case is different and we would rather tell you the truth about yours than publish something general that turns out not to apply.

Everything on this site is dated. If a notice looks old, it is old, and you should ring the office rather than assume it still stands.

The desks

What the office handles, and who handles it

Eight things, each with what to bring, what it costs where it costs anything, and how long it usually takes.

Letters and copies from the island register

Address letters, household letters and certified copies from the records the council keeps. Same day where the file is here.

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Waste collection and the household fee

Three mornings a week, household by household, with a monthly fee of forty rufiyaa and a separate arrangement for building waste.

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The harbour: berths, dues and loading

What a cargo boat, a ferry and a fishing dhoni each pay, how a berth is booked, and the loading hours.

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Plot applications and boundary records

What the council's record shows, what the council forwards, and what is decided elsewhere. Come to the desk.

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The council hall, chairs and the sound system

Bookings for weddings, funerals, meetings and school events, with the equipment list and the fees.

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Roads, lights and public areas

Report a broken light, a blocked drain or a fallen tree and get a reference number the same day.

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How we work

Four things we hold ourselves to

Every request gets a reference

Written down, numbered, and read back to you before you leave the counter. Quote it and anybody here can find your case.

An answer within five working days

Not always the answer you want. But somebody will have told you where your request stands rather than leaving you to ask again.

Open council meetings

The agenda goes on the noticeboard three days before, and residents may sit in. The minutes are kept at the office for anybody to read.

We say when something is not ours

Some matters are decided by offices in Male rather than here. We will say so plainly and tell you where the file goes next.

The island, in numbers we actually keep

2,140
People on the island register
486
Households
3 mornings
Waste collection each week
1,180
Counter visits last year
Finished and paid for

What has been built

A preschool building, the harbour lighting and ramp, and the water plant connections. What each one cost and what it changed.

The preschool building on the north side
Hirimaadhoo Council 2024

The preschool building on the north side

Four rooms, a shaded yard and a wall, built over eleven months for a preschool that had been running in the council hall.
Harbour lighting and the loading ramp
Hirimaadhoo Council 2025

Harbour lighting and the loading ramp

Six lights on the eastern wall and a ramp a tractor can reverse onto, which took the night loading arguments away.
Water plant connections to every household
Hirimaadhoo Council 2023

Water plant connections to every household

Four hundred and eighty six households connected over two years, and what the council had to do about the twenty three that were not.
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From residents

What people say about the office

I went in about a street light that had been out since Ramadan, got a number written on a slip, and somebody rang me on the Thursday to say the part was on the boat. It was fixed the next week. That is all I wanted.

H Hawwa Saeedha Resident, west side, Hirimaadhoo

The council told me plainly that my plot question was not theirs to decide, showed me what their old record said, and wrote the covering letter. I had been writing to the wrong office for a year before that.

I Ibrahim Waheed Resident, harbour road, Hirimaadhoo

The building took longer than they said and they said why, in a notice, on the board. My daughter has a room with a fan in it now instead of half of the council hall.

A Aminath Rishma Preschool parent, Hirimaadhoo
Before you come in

The questions the counter hears most

When is the office open, and when is the counter open?

The office is open Sunday to Thursday from eight until two. The payments counter closes at one, because the day's cash has to be reconciled before the office does.

In Ramadan the office runs from nine until one and payments stop at noon. The month's hours go on the noticeboard and on this site a week beforehand.

Do I need an appointment?

No. The counter is first come, first served, and most things are dealt with while you wait.

An appointment is worth making for two things: a plot or boundary matter, which takes half an hour and needs the register out, and anything you want to raise with a council member directly. Ring the office and we will give you a time.

What does a reference number do?

It means your request is in the book. Anybody at the office can then find the whole file rather than asking you to explain it again to a second person.

You get one for every request and every complaint, written on a slip at the counter or sent back by reply. Keep it, and quote it when you ring.

How do I complain about the council itself?

The same way as anything else, and it goes in the same book with a number.

A complaint about a staff member goes to the secretary general. A complaint about a council member or a council decision goes onto the agenda of the next council meeting, and you may attend and hear it discussed. If you would rather your name were not read out, say so and it will not be.

Something broken, or something to report

A street light, a blocked drain, a dog in the school yard. Tell us where it is and you get a reference number the same day.

Report it Ring the office
Questions and complaints

Write to the office

Say which desk it is for if you know, and leave a phone number. Every message is logged and given a reference, complaints included.

We reply to every message. Leave a phone number if you would rather we called.

  • Where we are Council Office
    Bodu Magu, Hirimaadhoo
    Maldives
  • Call us +960 658 4412
  • WhatsApp 9607584412
  • Email us office@hirimaadhoo.mv
  • Opening hours Office: Sunday to Thursday, 8am to 2pm Payments counter: Sunday to Thursday, 8am to 1pm Ramadan: 9am to 1pm, payments until noon Closed Friday and Saturday