The abundance of rain has exacerbated the threat of the lives of the residents of the falling role in Morocco

The strong rainfall has restored a week of Moroccan cities to spread a state of panic among the residents of the falling buildings and their families, especially in the ancient cities.

With the intensification of the abundance of rain, which reached its climax and “exceptional” standards in a number of regions, especially the north and center of the country, many collapses were recorded, whether in populated or deserted houses, which were among the most entertaining and tragic of what the capital Rabat witnessed from the death of a woman after an Atik house suddenly collapsed in the Al -Akari neighborhood, near Moulay Youssef Hospital.

During the same week, the “Big Allent Cub” was a witness to the collapse of part of a historical traditional bathroom during its restoration works in the ancient city of Fez, which raised concern about the safety of the old buildings in the ancient area in one of the most ancient cities in the Kingdom, where the relevant authorities began investigating the incident, amid questions about the quality of restoration operations and the safety of the rains in the rainy season.

Also, the old city did not receive the Grand Palace (specifically the Diwan neighborhood), before the middle of one of the nights this week, from the collapse of the roof of the first floor of a house, leaving a state of terror in the hearts of its residents, according to Hespress.

The suffering of the ancient role nominated for sudden collapses during every winter season is exacerbated. The collapses also leave a state of panic in the hearts of residents of the homes adjacent to the collapsed home.

A number of affected people in the old city of the Grand Palace expressed their fears, especially since the particles and partial collapses are dangerous and can cause “greater disasters” in the future, not God.

In the case of Al -Akkari neighborhood in Rabat, the National Agency for Urban Renewal and Rehabilitation of Falling Buildings, within technical data published on its official website regarding the urban renewal program, confirms that it was “began to develop initial studies related to the urban renewal of Al -Akkari neighborhood as a model site.”

The agency also acknowledges that “the buildings of this site were subjected to a significant deterioration, and also includes several buildings threatened with collapse, with a remarkable decline in the pace of residential and economic residences”, as well as “the problem of the presence of a deteriorating urban scene.”

The urban renewal program in Al -Akkari neighborhood, mainly, according to the same official data, aims to “address the site in its comprehensiveness by improving its urban built framework and ensuring a better socio -economic integration of the population, and developing the economic and socio -cultural neighborhood.”

To clarify its opinion and procedures in keeping with the recent events and some collapses, the newspaper Hespress linked to the agency’s interests, as the institution in charge of processing the buildings that fall according to Law No. 12-94, but it did not reach any reserved data in this regard (to the limits after the demise of Thursday).

“More serious”

Youssef Al -Tadrini, a member of the Executive Office of the Moroccan Network for the Civil Alliance for Youth, stressed that “the issue of the risks of the role of fall and collapse is still renewed every year, especially during rainy winter seasons,” stressing “the necessity of the interaction of the competent and concerned authorities in its meeting and integrated strategies, with him with more seriousness and strict will, while placing it in the forefront of priorities; Because the matter directly affects the lives of citizens and citizens and threatens the safety of their families and their lives.

Al -Tadini pointed out, in a statement to the newspaper, Hespress, that “the continuation of the problem every year and in the neighborhoods of ancient cities, which is accurately indicates that the matter is related to the will and the adoption of pre -emptive intervention to try to find a solution to the residents of the homes threatened with collapses,” adding that “the issue must be treated with the same seriousness and the acceleration of the ruler that prints the files of expropriation for public or private benefit.”

The civil actor alerted the Moroccan network of the civil coalition for youth that “the relaxation or procrastination in dealing with some of the files of the falling role until its fall on its residents constitute an element of abuse to the image of the country in general, and in neighborhoods located in the heart of the capital, in light of the upcoming major demonstrations.”

Despite his assertion that civil society “is following the current open workshop efforts, for restoration, reform or urban renewal”, it is estimated that these workshops “still need to accelerate greater speeds towards solutions that are broken while threatening the problem of people’s lives frequently every year.”

More than 13 thousand technical experiences

It is worth reminding that the state writer in housing, Adeeb bin Ibrahim, indicated during a session of oral questions in the House of Advisors, at the end of January 2025, that “addressing the phenomenon of buildings threatened with collapse collides with multiple constraints. It is mainly in the evolutionary nature of this housing, which is difficult to predict, “evoking” the difficulty of identifying programming and ways of intervention, in addition to the limited income of the families concerned and poor involvement in the intervention initiatives “, considering that” in the absence of a comprehensive vision about the status of homes with the antique fabric in particular, and outside it in general, it was difficult for the ministry a clear perception. “

According to data presented by the government official at the time, “The process of inventory of buildings concerned 38,800 buildings, followed by the necessary technical expertise, while giving priority to the buildings classified within the circle of ‘danger and’ risk ‘; With about 13,700 ‘technical experience’ completed in the various regions and regions of the Kingdom, “it” was referred to the results of the reports of expertise completed on workers and regions as the heads of regional committees in charge of determining the orbits of the buildings that fall, with copies directed to the councils of groups or provinces concerned to take appropriate decisions in accordance with the provisions of Law No. 12-94 “.