News | Sunday, 14 March 2010

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Wied il-Ghasel to get its long deserved clean-up

James Debono
32,000 cubic metres of construction material dumped in Mosta’s Wied il-Ghasel and Ghajn Rihana valleys over the past years will be removed in a project aimed at rehabilitating the long neglected valleys.
In the past decades the valley, immortalised by Sammy Bartolo and New Courey’s ‘L-ahhar biedwi f’Wied il-Ghasel’, was a victim of over-development. The Ministry for Resources and Rural Affairs has now presented a project development statement to MEPA envisioning the removal of construction waste within three to four months.
The PDS claims the dumping of construction plant on one side of the valley have long eradicated the valley’s natural characteristics.
The project seeks to prevent excessive flooding in the Burmarrad area which has often resulted in damage to fields and crops and infrastructure.
The project will involve a clean-up and the growing of indigenous trees on the sides of the valley, and the cutting up of the valley floor to increase its water retention capability.
Earth retentions will also be constructed to break the rapid flow of floodwaters. Since the valley bed is porous, the valley is considered to have a massive potential in the replenishing the aquifer.
Part of the debris which will be removed from the valley will be stored for re-use in the earth retentions.

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