When will the responsible authority, whoever it is, stand up and be counted and see to it that no further fatalities occur due to malpractice or incompetence during excavation works?

Who will the police take to court for such a dangerous practice? Driving malpractices are immediately taken to court, and rightfully so. Why is the same not practised for building site malpractices?

Of course no authority will take any action unless an individual makes a report.

But then, at this point, it is fair to ask what are the various authorities there for?

The latest close shave has been Xemxija (February 19). Why should the next close shave have blood on it?

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