A comment made by a Resources Ministry spokesman, as reported in the article entitled High Soil Contamination In Centre And South Of Malta (April 7), was most interesting.
The spokesman was unable to confirm whether the 86 applications from operators of 126 water tankers included all the water tankers in operation because - wait for it - "the ministry didn't have the exact number of water tankers in operation because we will have to request it from Transport Malta".
Presumably, the key to the horse stable got lost again so that the dispatch rider could not deliver the request for this vital item of information to Transport Malta.
I will gladly lend the ministry my bicycle if the stable key has not been found yet.