Unusual task for policemen, prison warders

victor vella

Mar 5th 2010, 22:36

@ Franco Farrugia,I suggest you see the video again and notice the harnesses.Note that these people are well trained also note the way they tied the ropes round thier back when they were stationary, this ensures that they do not slip down.

Joseph Vella

Mar 5th 2010, 22:31

I feel sorry for you then

JP Schaak

Mar 5th 2010, 15:05

@Joseph Vella

You cannot be serious... a farce? Please try reanalyze what you write before submitting. Now you have us all laughing at you!

Joseph Vella

Mar 5th 2010, 09:04

What a farce. This should be done by the prisoners themselves, on a mopnthly basis.

laurence schembri

Mar 5th 2010, 08:55

Keeps them on their toes!

Franco Buttigieg

Mar 4th 2010, 18:23

A great effort and good deed but unfortunately its short lived as these people are cutting off the weeds and not removing the roots or applying any thing to kill the roots so we will see the weeds back soon.
Should not the Agricultural Dept. provide these brave men with the right equipment so as to make sure that their hard work is put to long-term use? It is such a pity that things are not done right from the start that our country keeps on wasting its resources.
I just hope that the next lot of cleaning is done down to the roots. Well said maquilina.

Claire Busuttil

Mar 4th 2010, 18:05

Good initiative!!

maquilina

Mar 4th 2010, 16:26

an action to be commended well done!!!! however this action would have been deemed more correct of biodice is applied to the roots. The ideal way is to abseil the bastions and apply biocide generously WITHOUT removing the weeds. After giving a span of say three weeks one should abseil once again and remove the weeds as was done. Unfortunately the intervention that was done is only half of the proposed intervention - the weeds will grow again in no time. If biocide is applied it is a surer way that the event of weeds re-growing would be less probable. If one had to see the chapel of tal-Virtu in Rabat it is once again full of sprouting weeds. Contrary to this chapel the dome of Msida Parish church is devoid of any weeds while before it was similar to a flower garden of wild flowers and weeds. well done for the initiative once again regardless of my critiscism.

Franco Farrugia

Mar 4th 2010, 16:15

I sincerely hope that every protective measure is taken to protect these workers, who are after all, more important than the bastions themselves and the embellishment that they help to remove. Not stone should be left unturned to improve protection standards in such dangerous situations.

tony abela

Mar 4th 2010, 15:22

A very good initiative, but I hope that they have been briefed by qualified Conservation and Restoration Authorities to ensure that damage to the stone work is avoided.

This task, apart from the abseiling techniques capabilities requires a good understand of the basic precautions which are to be taken in order to ensure that the stone work is not damaged, and more important the seams are sealed so that water penetration will not make more damage than the weeds.

Well done!

Stephan Ellul

Mar 4th 2010, 15:16

This is something that should be done more often! it is helping the SAG and our heritage.
it would be nice to see more of these activities.