'LA CALETA' - GOVT'S HEADACHE

enclosure constructed with rocks [More photos in the right column]

The 'Mountain of Shame' that stands in between Eastern Beach and 'La Caleta' is diminishing in height - surprisingly. But where is all that contaminated material being taken to?

Well, it is being poured, by a fleet of lorries, behind the same mountain into the sea where an enclosure with rocks has been constructed.

Presumably, the idea of infilling the area enclosed by a high wall has a two-fold purpose : one to widen the area so that the base of the mountain can be extended and thus create a bigger mountain; and two the significant height of embankment will also prevent the wave action from pulling away the contaminated detritus from the foot of the mountain.

At present, along the surface at the foot of the mountain slope a coating of frothy substance (as photos show - [see right column]) float on the surface. Does this substance that evidently derives from the mountain slope not end up on the beach, especially Catalan Bay beach - as the sea wave in Levant weather travels inland from right to left, thus ending up in 'La Caleta' beach?

A Govt spokesman has said that the sand at Catalan Bay beach has been analysed and has ruled out contamination or other composition problem. He also added that the problem encountered at Catalan Bay beach does not occur at Sandy Bay beach because the sea there has washed up all the way to the top part of the beach and washed away all the dust from the whole beach.

This is definitely not so. There has not been a Levant strong enough to create waves capable of reaching the top part of the beach since the sand-pouring took place there. So this argument is a complete fallacy.

Also It should not be left unsaid that last week some Brain in Govt decided to have a long and wide tube placed from end to end at Catalan Bay beach to run water by two centrifugal pumps at each end, supposedly to soak the sand overnight and and resolve the problem of the airborne dust during the day. But someone with a bigger brain apparently decided to put an end to this enterprise and the two centrifugal pumps and the tubing have been placed on the side of the car park at Catalan Bay.