Shouldn’t beaches be cleaned at dawn?

Published: August 27, 2013 at 7:01am

These photographs were taken on 4 August at 9am at Mellieha Bay, when people had begun to crowd the beach already.

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8 Comments Comment

  1. Tinnat says:

    I think the caption merits a correction. The beaches in Mellieha are NOT being cleaned – they are simply smoothened every morning. I have never seen such dirty beaches as this year in Mellieha.

  2. George says:

    This shows complete disregard to health and safety.

    What about the separation of the public (especially young children) from moving equipment, even if this was moving very slowly? A toddler can easily find his way between the wheels of this equipment in a couple of seconds that his parent might have been searching for something in the cooler.

    This is madness and irresponsibility. I would like to see the occupational risk assessment for this task.

  3. Lomax says:

    The same can be said of Valletta. It is NOT being cleaned. It is filthier by the day. I used to see mechanical cleaning systems up to some months ago. I haven’t seen them recently. I might be wrong but Valletta IS dirtier lately.

  4. gigi says:

    Its rather a health and safety concern, with small children running about and playing in the sand at that time.

  5. mikiel says:

    What about St Julian’s and Sliema’s promenade? It seems it hasn’t been cleaned at all over the past months. Up to April I used to encounter around 630am, an older man with a cleaning machine, sort of cleaning the central part of the pavement. But not anymore.

    Can’t the local council and government motivate some people on the ‘ir-relief’ or others looking for extra work to scrub or power wash the pavements once a week, against extra cash of course.

  6. TinaB says:

    U mhux xorta?

    Noqghodu inqumu kmieni, jew – ma tarax?

  7. P Shaw says:

    The new Mintoffian and idiotic Mellieha mayor is cutting costs to save money for his pet project – the cable car between Mellieha church and Mellieha Bay.

  8. fenek says:

    Addio Blue Flag

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