Morocco’s regional authorities had to hold an “emergency meeting” at the headquarters of their association in Rabat, as the “water crisis” continues to worry citizens and decision-makers alike.
The meeting took place at the beginning of this week, to discuss the issue and ways to overcome the current water situation.
This comes right after the Minister of Water, Nizar Baraka’s “water crisis and water emergency” meeting, which examined the situation of a number of regions experiencing great shortages at the level of Water resources.
The meeting ended with “taking a set of urgent measures to contain the water crisis,” as an official from the ministry confirmed to Hespress a few days ago.
The heads of the twelve regions met in an emergency meeting last Monday, in the presence of the president of the “Association of the Maghreb regions” and the president of the council of the Guelmim-Oued Noun region, so they can discuss “the drought situation and the lack of water resources known to the various regions of the Kingdom in light of the scarcity of rainfall this year,” according to the same source.
This meeting constituted an opportunity for the president and heads of the councils of the regions to “extend the impact of the water crisis on the situation of the agricultural sector and livestock, in addition to the need to provide the residents with drinking water,” according to the “Association of Regions” released obtained by Hespress AR.
The leaders unanimously agreed as a conclusion, on the need to sit down with the Head of the government, Aziz Akhannouch, and the rest of its components, in order to “urgently study” this issue, as well as “the optimal methodology for activating the procedures and recommendations to solve this dilemma.”
“A significant budget has been allocated by each regional council, in partnership with the relevant sectors, in order to reduce the current crisis at the regional level,” according to the organizational framework that brings together the heads of the 12 regions.
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