ODZ fireworks factory proposed in Siggiewi

A brand new fireworks factory is being proposed outside development zones over 12,360 square metres of agricultural land in the area known as Tal-Handaq in Siggiewi.

The fireworks factory is being proposed in the vicinity of the police academy in Ta’ Kandja.

Victor Ellul, who owns the land in question, presented the application. The development includes a number of existing rooms and reservoirs.

In 2005 MEPA had rejected an application presented by the same Victor Ellul to construct a fireworks factory in another site at Ta’Kandja in Siggiewi.

The new MEPA policy allows fireworks factories in ODZ areas with the exception of Areas of Ecological Importance and on archeological sites. 

Development is not barred on good quality agricultural land or buffer zones close to a Water Services Corporation potable borehole. These are decided upon on a case-by-case basis.