The internet has been buzzing with the Lakshadweep vs Maldives debate ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Indian Union Terrority island. PM Modi on his visit to Lakshadweep Island urged Indians and people who have 'beachy' love affairs to visit the Union Territory rather than any other country. Being similar to Maldives, PM Modi's visit to Lakshadweep sparked a massive Maldives vs Lakshadweep debate. Also, even Maldives politics started to mock India's push for tourism on Lakshadweep Islands. In the meantime, the Maldives government websites on late Saturday night crashed down. As a result, Maldives website crash started to trend on social media. Thousands of people started to query about Maldives website down reason as well.
What went wrong with the Maldives Government website?
Maldives Government website crashed for at least 7 hours. After 7 hours of rigorous attempts to regain the Maldives Government website, the technical team finally restored it. To be precise, the official websites of the Maldivian President's office, Foreign Ministry, and Tourism Ministry were down for hours. Following the temporary unavailability, the top Maldivian government websites are now functioning again.
Maldives' President's Office took to its official X handle and confirmed, "Please note that the President’s Office website is currently facing an unexpected technical disruption. NCIT and other relevant entities are actively working on resolving this promptly. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. Thank you for your understanding and patience."
Maldives government website down reaction
After this, netizens reacted to Maldives website down developments. A user wrote, "The websites of the President, foreign ministry & tourism Ministry of #Maldives are hacked/down.... They're unable to browse their website.."
Another user wrote, "BIG: Maldives President, Foreign Ministry and Tourism Websites go down and are unreachable. Development hours after Maldives Government sponsored trolls attacked India and Indian Government with vile remarks even after years of Indian Govt support to Maldives."
"Alert: Almost all Maldives govt websites are down now." wrote another user.