Id-Drenaġġ f'Għawdex

L-aħħar li ktibt fil-blogg huwa dwar 'Salty Valley' jew aħjar Wied il-Mielaħ (ara HAWN).

Semmejt l-irwejjaħ tad-drenaġġ li wieħed ixomm waqt li jasal qrib it-Tieqa Naturali ta' Wied il-Mieħal.

Min ma marx f'Wied il-Mielaħ?

Gonzi mar u ħa ritratti sbieħ jiltaqa' mall-press ftit qabel l-elezzjoni tal-Kunsill lokali ta' l-Għarb. (ara ritratt)

Anke lill-Fenech Adami ħaduh hemm. Saħansitra Peppi ta' Xarabank mar hemm jieħu l-filmati bħala eżempju ta' kemm morna tajjeb mill-fondi ta' l-Unjoni Ewropeja.




Govanna marret kemm-il darba u wkoll jidher li ġibdulha ftit ritratti mhux ħażin.

Ġibdulha ritratt mas-Sindku u ma' l-eċċellenza tagħha Danuta Hubner, Kumississarju ta' l-EU. (araw it-ritratti bit-tieqa ta' Wied il-Mielaħ fil-background).



Iżda l-akbar ċerimonja saret kien meta ġiet f'Wied il-Mielaħ l-Eċċ. Tagħha Danuta Hubner. Jidher li dak inhar kien il-bnazzi u allura drenaġġ inixxi ma kienx hemm fil-Wied. Dak inhar niżlu xi nies mill-Għarb lebsin l-għonnella bħala parti miċ-ċerimonja (li ma tantx aħna neqsin minnhom) taż-żjara tal-Kummissarju Ewropew li qaltilna ma nafx kemm il-elf Euro ser tagħtina sabiex Wied il-Mielaħ jiġi riabilitat (ara r-ritratt). Kien hemm Ġorġ ix-Xemx u anke Peppi l-Munsuħa mar idoqq l-argunett ta' l-idejn. In-nies ta' l-Għarb ittamajna li r-riħa tad-drenaġġ mill-wied għal ġol baħar forsi ser tieqaf darba għal dejjem. Kemm morna żmerċ!




Imma l-isbaħ ritratt huwa tal-Kummissarju Ewropew tipponta jdejha lejn irħama kommemorattiva li għadha mwaħħla fil-post sal-ġurnata tal-lum. Mhux faċli taraha. Imma jekk tħares lejn il-wied u tibda tara d-drenaġġ inixxi fit-triq tal-wied....propju hemmhekk issib l-irħama kommemorattiva ta' l-Eċċellenza tagħha.




Ilni nitkellem ma' nies mir-raħal dwar jekk bħali iddejjaqhomx ir-riħa taqsmek tad-drenaġġ li hemm f'dan il-wied pittoresk. L-omerta' pero' hija nkredibbli. Donnu kulħadd jibża jiftaħ ħalqu li ma jmorrux jagħtuh xi transfere jew biża' "li lit-tifla ma jdaħħluhielix mal-gvern". Din il-ġimgha John Mizzi
minn Ta' Sannat ċempilli u qalli bil-'complaints' li qed jaslulu minn turisti li jgħażlu li jiġu Għawdex għall-mixjiet qalb il-kampanja. Ovvjament dawn l-ilmenti huma dwar id-drenaġġ ħiereġ mill-wied u li jibqa' nieżel fil-baħar. Interessanti li meta ghedtlu biex jiġi biex jieħu sehem f'konferenza stampa, dan qalli li ma jridx "li ma jmorrux il-kaċċaturi jagħmlu għalija meta nkun waħdi bit-turisti f'dawn l-inħawi". Tassew għedt li huma ħafna li għadhom iħarsu l-interessi tal-but milli tal-pajjiż!





Illum għidt li l-aħjar hu li nagħmel dmiri bħala cittadin li dejjem ħallast it-taxxi u għalhekk ktibt lill-Pollution Section tal-MEPA. Hekk l-aħjar li wieħed jagħmel: imur f'ras il-għajn mill-ewwel.


Ma taqbilx?



U ktibtilhom hekk:


Sinjur/a,

Nixtieq inressaq l-ilment tiegħi formalment bħala resident mill-Għarb, bħala tax-payer u bħala individwu li għandi r-raba' fl-inhawi ta' Wied il-Mielaħ.

Ta' sikwit nisimghu fuq il-mezzi ta' l-istampa ftaħir dwar fondi kbar li ntefqu mill-Fondi Strutturali Ewropej (2004-06) u fondi oħra li akkwista l-Kunsill Lokali ta' l-Għarb sabiex jiġi riabilitat Wied il-Mielah fl-Gharb (Restauration and Management of Strom Water Project).

Minkejja dan kollu ir-riħa ta' drenaġġ taqsmek għadha persistenti sal ġurnata mqaddsa tal-lum. Barra minnhekk, issa li beda l-istaġun tax-xita, il-ħama u d-drenaġġ huwa evidenti għaddej mill-wied u jibqa nieżel fil-bahar.

Tista' tikkonfermali jekk:

1) hemmx sezzjoni fil-MEPA li tiehu hsieb li dawn l-irwejjaħ mid-denaġġ għaddej fl-apert jieqaf minnufih;

2) Jekk huwiex normali li d-drenaġġ jitħalla jibqa' ħiereġ mill-wied u jibqa' sejjer fil-baħar;

3) Jekk 'flow' ta' drenaġġ hekk fl-apert jagħmilx sens mall-kunċett li qed jadotta l-Gvern Nazzjonalista f'dak li qed isejjah bħala Eko-Għawdex;

4) X'pass qiegħdin jittieħdu jew ser jittieħdu sabiex l-ilment tiegħi jasal f'ras il-għajn u jissewwew dawn il-ħsarat ambjentali u l-'health and safety hazards' li jaffaċċjaw nies bħali li jgħaddu minn dan il-wied. Dan minbarra dawk it-turisti li jgħażlu li jiġu jżuru 'l Għawdex tagħna għall-mixjiet qalb il-kampanja u japprezzaw il-wirt naturali tagħna. Żgur li ma jista' qatt ikun li japprezzaw d-drenaġġ f'wiċċ il-wied u l-intejjen ta' rwejjaħ li dan iġib miegħu.

Mehmuz ma' din l-email qed nibaghtlek ritratti (4 b'kollox f'din l-email) li ħadt illum stess it-3 t'Ottubru 2008. F'e-mail separata ser nibagħtlek ukoll filmat tas-sitwazzjoni li sfortunatament ma tidhirx fuq il-mezzi ta' l-istampa lokali.

Sabiex l-ispetturi jsibu l-post eżatt ta' l-overflow, bizzejjed li jsibu l-irħama kommemorattiva (mehmuża fl-email) tal-H.E. Danuta Hubner, Kumississarju ta' l-EU, peress li l-agħar parti tad-drenaġġ jinstab eżattament quddiem l-eċċellenza tagħha.

Noffri s-servizzi volontarji tiegħi biex jekk trid, meta l-ispetturi jiġu jispezzjonaw dawn l-inħawi jistgħu iċempluli u jien stess nurihom fejn eżatt jinstab dan id-diżastru ambjentali.

B'hekk żgur ħadd ma jkun jista' jgħid li 'ġie u ma ra jew xamm xejn'.

Grazzi u nitolbok iżżommni infurmat.

Victor Galea
130, Triq il-Knisja Għarb, Għawdex.
Mob: 79017017

Hawn dan il-video rated AO - arah jekk trid:

Change the tune: "Yes, alone everything is possible."

Recently, we, The Green Party (AD) praised the Nationalist Government for promising that Gozo will be turned into an Ecological island, an idea that had been put forward by Alternattiva Demokratika, two years ago.

I was one of the first who wrote to the Minister of Gozo and asked for an official meeting so that AD could submit its proposals so that this electoral promise could become a reality.

Those able to follow what we are proposing, we tailored an electoral manifesto specifically for Gozo which would create new, modern sustainable jobs and which would ensure the protection of the environment whilst promoting high quality tourism. (Read Here) .

Now that the government is adopting AD's political position, I feel that it is appropriate that we be the first to support the concept of an Eco-Gozo and offer our proposals to the Consultation Process which we hope will also be adopted by the Government.

Innovation of this magnitude calls for the involvement of all Gozitans and Alternattiva Demokratika is keen to share its knowledge and expertise.

In spite of the fact that nobody from Alternattiva Demokratika was invited for the official opening of the consultation process for Eco-Gozo, I attended anyway and also put forward to the Minister verbally our request for dialogue on the subject.

Despite that I already sent two reminders to the personal assistant of Govanna Debono, we received no reply at all.

I also e-mailed from the eco-gozo website set-up by the Gozo Minister informing that we are ready to sponsor this project even though our finances are extremely limited. What did I receive back? I simply got an automatic reply from her webmaster saying
"Thank you for your feedback".

What a pity!

While I hope that the Minister for Gozo grants the request of AD for this dialogue, we hope that the Ministry for Gozo does not work in isolation but with other experts so that this ambitious project reflects a true representative democracy.

We also hope that the Minister for Gozo recognizes the whole of civil society as well as the contribution of individual entities which do not necessarily work closely with the Nationalist Party.

Eco-Gozo has to transcend party politics and this would be for the purpose of the Maltese public's full enjoyment of Gozo or whoever gets to visit the Island. At the end of the day, this project is for benefit of the future generation and not simply those who are going to vote in the next election.

don't you agree?

Cheers

Victor

Echo-Ghawdex

Il-bierah sirt naf li l-Ministru ta' Ghawdex ser taghmel launch ta' porcess konsultattiv dwar l-eco-Ghawdex fil-Wied tal-Lunzjata.

S'intendi ma kontx mistieden. Kont kurjuz li mmur u nara min huma l-mistednin. X'seta gara? Ma jhallunix immur il-Wied?

Mort. Jien u niezel bdew gejjin il-memorji ta' meta ghamilt 9 snin nahdem f'dan il-Wied tal-Lunzjata. Bhala ghalliem kont niehu l-klassijiet t'Ghawdex jaghmlu fieldwork f'dan il-wied. Lill-istudenti kont inqassamhom fi grupp u min jistudja l-ghasafar tal-post, min jaghmel survey dwar iz-zibel li jingabar fil-wied, min jahdem fuq il-pjanti tal-wied, min jaghmel esperimenti marbuta mat-temp....Insomma kont nivvinta u kont noghxa nara t-tfal jitghallmu u fl-istess hin jiehdu pjacir. Ghadni sallum niltaqa ma xi tfal (illum tfajliet u guvintur) u jghadduli kumment: "Tiftakar sir meta kont tehodna il-Lunzjata?"

"U zgur li niftakar!"

Imma illum ma mortx nara 'hands-on activity' tafux. Ma kienx hemm wisq x'taqbad - u ifhmuni.

Mort nisma u nosserva.

Lhaqt bicca mid-diskors ferm sabih tal-Ministru dwar kemm il-Gvern qed jaghmel favur l-ambjent t'Ghawdex....diskors li int tista' taqrah specjalment fuq il-mezzi tal-media tal-PN inkluz l-editorjali tat-Times u s-Sunday Times.

Min kienu l-mistednin allura?

hehehehehe

Is-sindki tal-Kunsilli tal-villaggi sbieh u pittoreski tal-gzira ekologika :)

Iva...kien hemm is-sindku li qabel l-elezzjoni li ghaddiet tnejjek wahda bin-nies zul minn hemm. (AQRA HAWN).

Is-sindku li tghidx kemm tefa' terrapien f'wied tant li tal-MEPA marru jnaddfuh warajh u min fuq arrestaw lil Kunsillier ta' l-AD John Mizzi talli mar jiehu r-ritratti (AQARA HAWN)

Is-Sindku li mela' l-irdumijiet tas-Sanap fil-Munxar bil-konkos (AQRA HAWN)

U nista' nibqa nsemmi wiehed/wahda wara l-ohra....

Interessanti kien hin il-mistoqsijiet.

Min tkellem?

Number 1: HADD mis-sindki Nazzjonalisti (of course)

Tkellmu pero is-sindku tax-Xewjkija u s-sindku tax-Xaghra. U min minkom irid jitghallem xi tfisser NIMBYism messu gie dalghodu.

Interventi ohra saru minn ambjentalisti Maltin li gew fil-post ovvjament mhux permezz tat-trasport pubbliku (peress li dan f'Ghawdex ma jezistix).

U semmewlha (lill-Ministru) dwar il-pozizzjoni taghha dwar diversi 'zviluppi' li saru taht ghajnejha jew hemm proposti li jsiru.

U l-Ministru tassew clever tafux.

"Il-Ministeru mhux responsabbli mill-hrug ta' permessi f'Ghawdex"

U qalet li mhux etika li l-Ministeru jiehu xi pozizzjoni kontra jew favur xi progett...."Dak xoghol l-awtoritajiet kompetenti"

Tajjeb ukoll....
Nisthallilkom tghidu...'allura l-Alternattiva Demokratika tassew ma jafux x'inhi etika meta johorgu pozizzjonijiet cari kontra spekulazzjoni f'Ta' Cenc, il-qerda tas-sbuhija tar-Ramla l-Hamra u postijiet ohra bhal Hondoq ir-Rummien u d-Dwejra'

Ara... tassew Eku-Ghawdex u mhux EKO-Ghawdex. Hemm differenza.

Insomma qabel ma tlaqt mort fuq il-Ministru u s-segretarju taghha is-Sur Borg u fakkarthom li nistenna li tibaghtilna ghal laqgha mal-Ministeru bhala parti minn dan il-process konsultattiv.

Nemmen li bhala Alternattiva ghandna wisq x'noffru biex dan l-EKU jsir tassew EKO.

Meta l-AD hrigna bl-idea ta' Ghawdex bhala gzira ekologika (sentejn ilu) konna nafu x'qed nghidu.

Tlaqt nigri ghax ridt nara x'qed jigri mill-appell quddiem il-bord tal-MEPA dwar il-famuzi villel tar-Ramla l-Hamra li ironikament instemghu f'Ghawdex fl-istess jum u kwazi fl-istess hin.
Imma lahhaqt ma' kollox.

Naf li hawn minnkom jiehdu gost jidhqu u allura dalwaqt nikteb ir-rakkont minn go l-'awla' tal-bord tal-Apelli tal-MEPA. Ha nsemmiha 'Il-Qorti tal-Kangaruw'. Naf li mhux title originali sakemm ma nsibx xi haga aktar originali :)

Sahhiet

Victor

Gozo National Swimming Pool

When back in December 2007 we objecting to Planning Application 01894/07 by which the Otters WaterPolo Club intended to excavate the foreshore for a seawater pool and to construct other sports facilities extending existing site by another 30metres, effectively transferring a public foreshore into a private complex, we proposed the following:

"Such aquatic sports facilities should form part of the existing Sports Complex in Victoria"

I reiterate what I said then, that all Gozitans would benefit from a national indoor heated swimming pool and the government should tap EU funds to provide central aquatic sports facility. Alternattiva Demokratika has a long successful history in keeping beaches freely available to the public. We intend to protect this coastal area left in Marsalforn to defend public rights of access, as well as to secure proper aquatic sports facilities elsewhere.

Was a national swimming pool in Gozo not part of the Nationalist Party's manifesto in 1991? We are still waiting 17 years later.

Two national swimming pools already exist in Malta; hence we believe that Gozitans deserve, by right, a national pool in Gozo. In its electoral manifesto for Gozo, Alternattiva Demokratika proposed that a national pool and aquatic sports facility would form part of the existing sports complex in Victoria where adjacent land is available or in other locations such as the abandoned Hondoq ir-Rummien distillation plant which could be rehabilitated and transformed into an indoor solar power heated pool for all citizens.

On the 21st May 2008 - at the new parliament sitting - Gozitan Labour MP Justyne Caruana asked the Gozo Minister what happened to the promised public pool for Gozo.

And the answer was:
"Il-Ministeru qieghed jahdem fuq il-pjanijiet biex il-proposta li ssir pixxina gewwa Ghawdex titwettaq kif imwieghed."

Meaning that 'The Ministry is working on the plans so that the proposal for a pool in Gozo will materialize as promised.'

and on it goes...