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Mauritius: Contribute to a Clean and Safe Country
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L'Express (Port Louis)
COLUMN
16 November 2007
Posted to the web 19 November 2007
Alain Jeannot
Port Louis
We have at our expense, learnt about the importance of caring for our environment during the Chikungunya outbreak last year. Yet, despite the praiseworthy awareness campaigns and other collective as well as individual initiatives for proper littering and cleaning, it is quite regrettable to observe that many have either forgotten their good manners during winter or else have still not understood the importance of contributing to the making of a clean and safe Mauritius.
We could blame it on a lack of education, but the second category counts many supposedly well educated persons who possess more than one immovable property like plots of lands upon which they either financially speculate or keep for future development. Unfortunately, in the meantime, some of them often leave these lands to the mercy of shrubs and bushes.
In such a state of neglect, their properties turn into a real nuisance for their fellow citizens as they are potential breeding ground for mosquitoes, perfect hiding places for criminals, real eyesores for passers-by and latent fire risks to mention but a few adverse consequences. My neighbours and I have recently been victims of repeated robberies at Morcellement Port-aux-Tortues in Balaclava, where numerous bushy plots of land definitely contribute to facilitate the wrongdoers' tasks.
It would therefore be desirable if the owners could take their responsibility towards the nation by cleaning their property regularly. By doing so they will not only contribute to fight mosquito-borne diseases but they will also help to minimise fire and other safety risks generated by waste lands.
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Some of these near the coasts also threaten our foreign guests. As the consequences of their negligence might have adverse national and international consequences, they should also be legally brought to take their responsibility, should they persist in overlooking the importance of regularly clearing their lands from hazardous bushes.
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