Letters | Sunday, 28 February 2010

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Nadur cemetery’s calamity continues

Despite the number of protests by farmers, families whose income depends on the cultivation of fields which are dependent on ground water, despite the reports of experts regarding the damage that has been done and that will eventually gather momentum with regards to the catchments of rain water, the building of the Nadur Cemetery in Gozo is still progressing without any hindrance whatsoever.
This also despite the fact that the appeal launched since 2007 has been postponed, and postponed and postponed, while the excavations and building kept ongoing.
In a recent local TV programme this week, it was stated that the number of burials at the old Nadur Cemetery during 2009 was only 32. Yet the new cemetery is being build to accommodate 630 graves. All this at the expense of disrupting of the natural ecosystem, the endangering of the citrus groves in the area amounting to more than 5000 trees, and the endangering of the livelihood of the farmers cultivating the fields in the area.
On behalf of the farmers of the area, I would like to appeal to the Prime Minister, Dr Lawrence Gonzi, the leader of the Opposition, Dr Joseph Muscat, His Excellency the Bishop of Gozo, Mgr. Mario Grech, and the five Gozitan members of parliament to intervene on behalf of all the farmers and their families, especially in these difficult times, and to intervene to stop the permanent damage which is being done, and for which there is no particular social need.

C. Camilleri
Nadur

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