3 comments so far.Cement mixers at work on Mgarr ix-Xini beach
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The Malta Environment and Planning Authority is investigating two individuals who were photographed mixing mortar using sand and pebbles taken from the small Mgarr ix-Xini beach in Gozo.
The work was conducted in broad daylight at the end of the valley just a few metres away from the sea, after strong winds washed up a large number of pebbles onto the beach.
Photos sent to Gozo News show two men mixing cement on the small beach and carting the mortar into a white van.
MEPA sent enforcement officers who carried out a number of site inspections, but so far nobody has been apprehended.
“It appears that someone was mixing mortar on the beach by using inert sand found on site. The mix was then carted away as there is no sign of fresh concrete,” a MEPA spokesperson told one of the local newspapers – MaltaToday.
Alternattiva Demokratika’s councillor at the Sannat Local Council confirmed that the council has not approved any works on the small beach.
Perhaps that explains why so many walls collapse in strong winds as you can’t produce a strong mortar mix using sand and pebbles contaminated with salt water.
Maybe the men in question can be contacted to clean the rocks off of Ramla Beach…..
ONLY IN MALTA DOES THIS HAPPEN, WHY DID THE PHOTOGRAPHY NOT GET A LITTLE CLOSER MAYBE WE COULD HAVE SEEN THEIR FACES AND BROUGHT THEM TO BOOT