The Zebbug Gozo Local Council said that it has repeatedly spoken out over the last years urging that immediate action should be taken to save the Qbajjar Battery on the outskirts of Marsalforn, Gozo, which, it warned, is in a “very bad state of repair and in imminent danger of collapsing.”

In a statement it said, “despite the fact that the Council made an agreement with NGO Din l-Art Helwa, and jointly requested that this Battery be handed over to them for restoration. The Government, with its Agencies and Authorities, has not given any definitive answer despite many promises that it will be delivered in a short time.”

The Council said that through its Lawyer, it has now written to the Minister responsible for Lands to give a clear answer as to what is happening, “but despite the passage of time, the Council has not received any answer.”

The NGO – Din l-Art Helwa in recent years has worked with other Local Councils to “impeccably restore and save historical heritage.”

“For a Local Council it is unacceptable that historical heritage located in the locality is left in this state and the same Council is totally ignored and abandoned by the Authorities,” the Zebbug Local Council said.

In October last year, Lands Minister Silvio Schembri, replying to a Parliamentary Question,with regards to the Qbajjar Battery on the outskirts of Marsalforn, “the Lands Authority is considering which is the best method in order to dispose of this property in favour of its protection and rehabilitation.”

Photos: Zebbug Local Council

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