Is MEPA losing control?

Abstract

Despite my limitations, in today's column, using photographic evidence, I have managed to report at least four instances of illegal development in pristine areas of our islands, at San Martin Valley, Mosta, Selmun and Zonqor. One can therefore imagine what a cohort of 'green wardens', each armed with digital cameras, would be able to do! Despite almost weekly articles exhorting MEPA not to drag its feet on elusive actions such as 'enforcement' and 'direct action', MEPA does not appear to be clambering up the learning curve any time soon. With all the hype surrounding the Mgiebah 'room with a view' case (to date still unresolved, with an ex-MEPA enforcement officer still untouched by MEPA's so-called 'enforcement'), one would have expected MEPA to keep its eyes peeled to avoid any other carbon copies of this same unfortunate incident.