However construction is developing rapidly as people have started to erect storied houses due to lack of land in the island.

In addition some people have been working in nearby tourist resorts since tourism was introduced in the atoll in 1998.

In addition two private parties supply gas and staple food items (rice, wheat flour and sugar in the Maldives) to the islanders.

Being less than a square kilometer, the island is already overcrowded and there is virtually no land at all for economic activities and building.

The island has a natural harbor with comparatively easy access and during early 1960 a jetty was erected which was made of woods and limestone composed from coral.

During late 1990s the islanders constructed a small harbor for loading and unloading of goods and to facilitate easy transportation.