Intervention teams continue efforts to break Al Haouz’s isolation

Efforts are still being made to open roads connecting most of the villages and communities that have been affected as well as to reopen some roadways that connect urban areas and rural centers in Al Haouz Province.

“The isolation has been lifted from a number of remote points in villages that were severely affected by tremors, occasionally causing rockslides that increased the complexity of the mission,” said Hisham Friendi, Regional Director of the Ministry of Equipment and Water in Al Haouz.

“Rural roadway in the Imkdal community have progressed by more than 40%; The work and efforts were also focused in the three areas of Nyaqoub, which includes 4 affected communities, which are the hills of N’Yaaqoub, Ijoukak, Ighil, and Aghbar,” said Friendi.

“The road to Ighil center remains clear and open to traffic, after restoring traffic yesterday on the road section connecting Ighil and Arki,” he continued.

The work rate on the roads connecting “Aghbar” and “Anukal” was higher than 50%, said the official. Up until this point, the ongoing projects have made it possible to resume traffic flow on the roadways in the “Siti Fadma” and “Oukaimeden” districts.

“The unclassified roads leading to the roundabouts, which were cut off, have advanced in completion and refinement rates, and are in the process of being opened,” he continued. 

The Regional Directorate of Equipment and Logistics’ intervention teams in Al Haouz opened several unclassified roads to the remote districts to facilitate the delivery of relief and aid. 

“Many mechanisms and available human resources have been mobilized by the technical departments of labor and regional authorities,” with “the central departments harnessing 60 mechanisms with technical specializations and precise interventions, such as soil sweepers and mechanisms specialized in purification,” said the Directorate of Equipment official.