Mepa restores emergency service

Nigel Lawrence

Sep 18th 2009, 20:43

I can point MEPA to an established "public right of way" which heavily polluted with litter/rubble and is a liability for the unwary pedestrian, but I wont bother because MEPA will not do anything to rectify the situation anyway.

Mary Fisher

Sep 18th 2009, 16:19

WOW!!!!!!!!! At long last some sense is being put into the whole situation of illegalities regarding the environment. I cannot believe our luck and I am not going to be the first one to report anybody because this is Malta and there is too much nepotism and I would not like to stand on anybody's toes. However WELL DONE MEPA. I just hope that for the sake of Malta, the Maltese and Tourism this will be a matter of a stitch in time.

M. Agius

Sep 18th 2009, 15:24

'This new single 24 hour emergency number will cover pollution control, littering, nature protection, construction site management and illegal development.'

-Nistgħu nirrapurtaw l-istess MEPA, li qeghdin joħroġu permessi fuq ODZs?

Vince Borda

Sep 18th 2009, 15:21

If the times had said nothing about this, I am guessing that this 'temporary' suspension would have been perpetual.

E. Azzopardi

Sep 18th 2009, 14:15

ADT stopped the emissions test without informing anybody, not even the Minister.

MEPA stopped the reporting for illegal activities without informing anybody. We do not know whether this time the Minister knew. For all I know he did not know either. ( he would say he knew and it was only temporary!!)

The VAT department was subject to fraud etc for a long time and nobody knew about it.
Not even the Minister.

Common in all three instances. Somebody from OUTSIDE had to find out and report. Then, action was taken. Very efficient inside control indeed.

What and who is next? It is obvious to say this because it seems to be infectious.

Those in authority better pull their socks up because the time will come when they will have no socks to wear and they will be out in the cold.

M.Caruana

Sep 18th 2009, 13:07

I remember once phoning mepa so years ago (around 4 or 5) - they had a similar reporting service which was supposed to be anonymous. Was it really ?

When I phone the man who answered me at the other end of the line, after hearing my report, asked for my name. When I told him that the service was supposed to be anonymous, he started getting angry and quasi insulting. Tell me that we all wanted to remain so and that it was not fair, etc.. etc.. From then on, i've seen a wave of irregularities happneing just about everywhere in Malta and Gozo - but never reported it again. If MEPA is re-introducing the service with the same case officers or whatever they are called at the other end of the line, with that kind of attitude - you might as well not report anything (ie. unless you want the reported party fuming down your nose!)

Joe Azzopardi

Sep 18th 2009, 13:03

MEPA has found a decent way out of this embarrassing situation. It seems it also managed to improve the original service. Let's hope that serious reports will prompt serious reaction from the authority.

g. scerri

Sep 18th 2009, 12:24

Will the citizen trying to do his/her duty find that they end up, mysteriously, on the developer's hate list? Will he/she end up in court justifying the report they made?

Miriam Webster

Sep 18th 2009, 12:03

Wow, a 24-hour reporting line certainly Implies a sense of urgency, doesn't it?

If I call, can I expect immediate action?

Or does the complaint just go into a pile, to be dealt with selectively, and whenever MEPA gets around to it?