# Terms of reference: Stormwater management master plans for Malé and Hulhumalé (MUDRP)

_IFI / multilateral report_

- Issuing body: Ministry of Finance (World Bank-funded Maldives Urban Development and Resilience Project)
- Archived: 2026-10-22
- Provenance: Independent
- Original: https://www.finance.gov.mv/public/attachments/s8qW2r7m2YxQyTjcqNU2TWJtRtHFhiOymOHc1nTY.pdf
- File: https://cdn.sanity.io/files/j8w3ubbu/production/12695941b82b9d83fc1b26dbbcaf8636c1262bbc.pdf

Describes Malé’s drainage: about 60 km of gutters with soak pits every 6 m, 57 km of block paving, 15 pumping stations (2014–2018), typical flood depths of 0.40 m, sealing of soak pits and the end of rooftop rainwater harvesting. Undated, about 2019.

## Coverage

- [Rebuilding a city that cannot stop: Malé's flooded streets and the cost of putting a nation on two square kilometres](https://www.goodmorningmaldives.com/news/male-rebuilding-city-cannot-stop-flooding-concentration) — 2026-10-23, Business & Infrastructure — A 90 mm storm flooded Malé on 21 October 2026. GMM's analysis of 51 years of rain, the tide gauge and the drains finds an island that has lost the capacity to cope, and sets out how to rebuild it without stopping the city.

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