2069 9595 is the new single emergency service number the public can dial to report on environment protection or illegal development in Malta and Gozo. The Malta Environment and Planning Authority (MEPA) has introduced this new single emergency number to make it easier and effective for the public to assist the Authority in its efforts to curtail development and environment abuses around the Maltese Islands. Prior to this new service number the public was constrained to make use of four separate emergency numbers for different reports.

Assembled under the pillars of better efficiency and enforcement, part of government’s objective set out in the MEPA reform document published last July, the Authority reviewed and evaluated the utility and effectiveness of its emergency services that was being provided to the public under various call numbers. To make the service more cost-effective and efficient the Authority incorporated all the emergency services under one umbrella number, that of 2069 9595.

This new single 24 hour emergency number will cover the following core services:

– Pollution Control – Littering – Nature protection – Construction site Management – Illegal Development

MEPA Chairman Mr Austin Walker said, “through this new central emergency call system, we will manage to efficiently offer the public an easier way of reporting cases of environment protection and illegal development. This in turn will help us continue to be more effective in our enforcement function.”

The Authority had started providing a dial-in emergency service in December 2001 that covered weekends only but upgraded its emergency service to a daily basis in July 2004. The emergency service had four separate numbers depending upon the nature of report and location.

The Authority regrets any inconvenience the temporary suspension of the pollution control emergency service might have caused the public.

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