Keeping Gzira clean

I refer to the article entitled Dogs Walk by Joseph Grech published on January 20.

The Gzira local council wonders why Mr Grech said that this mishap can only be seen along The Strand, Gzira, giving the impression that on the boundary of Gzira/Sliema this problem does not exist. Comparing Gzira with Sliema is beyond the point, as like the Sliema local council, ours strives hard to control this problem. Besides, both councils form part of the same Local Enforcement Joint Committee, and employ the same wardens and administrator, who is responsible for the running of the system.

The local council is conscious of this problem and has requested several times to be given special attention both from the wardens and, nowadays, from the Green Wardens. However, what can positively come from this article is that readers would spread the word around to certain dog owners not to commit similar offences.

The local council takes this opportunity and insists that besides hiring the cleansing services it needs the cooperation of the residents if we all really want to keep our locality clean. Besides, a copy of this article will be sent to the authorised officer, so that the same procedure implemented on the Sliema front will be adopted along our promenade.

Ultimately, one of the main objectives of the Gzira local council is to keep the locality clean and that is why almost 50 per cent of our annual government allocation goes to the cleansing services.