Letters to the editor - February 6, 2023
Trees in Sannat In despair and sadness I came across yet another act in the continuing saga of the uglification of Gozo. As you read this, in Sannat, groups of men are climbing our trees and mutilating them beyond recognition, no common sense being applied. The before and after state of the only tree in Main Street. I assume that they were hired to prune some branches but, instead,they are wantonly chopping off anything green. It’s evident that the contractor in charge has no idea what he is doing. A few days ago, on the Main Street, a group of at least seven men were ripping off the branches of the single tree still left on that street (picture above). While they were all proudly wearing yellow helmets only two of them were actually working. The taxpayer, of course, as always, foots the bill. In a country which already painfully suffers from lack of greenery with consequent lack of shade during the hot summers, to me, actions like these border on the criminal. Naturally, all the birds who once found their shelter within the green branches of these once majestic trees have now lost their habitat. I suppose that is of little consequence to certain people since, in the name of...