Heba Press_Settat
We are talking here about the unprecedented rise in temperature since the early hours of each day in this landlocked city. Here, Sattan families find themselves forced to look for an outlet for themselves and their children and young people to escape the scorching heat. stay at home all the time, waiting for a breeze to come up. In the evening, head to the last green spaces that stretch along the northern entrance to the city or to some cafes located in gas stations. Some of them spend their daily lives sitting. cafes or gatherings on the sidewalks with a taste of routine and monotony, which arouses a kind of fear in parents and guardians for their children in light of the emptiness in which they live, and among them are those who go to the dams. and rivers despite the danger and threat to their lives in every hot season, to which they find no alternative in the face of a reality in which the city is experiencing a severe shortage of public swimming pools..
Summer, routine and monotony
YesMost people found themselves at a crossroads, some of them thinking to face this deadly routine with high prices and increasing poverty and unemployment, by finding ways to distract their children and taking them every evening to public parks to have fun on the grass that have long been neglected and exploited...
Families with limited incomes, or even those belonging to the middle class, considered the gateway between the two classes, see them leave the city to escape as soon as the summer season arrives, heading to coastal cities in search of the best places to spend the summer holidays, where many children and young people find what they are looking for to have a good time..
Summer, heat, drought and the search for water
What marked the summer season this year in the city of Settat was the search for drinking water, which became a highlight, after many citizens got lost in the streets, valleys and surrounding villages in search of sources of drinking water after recording repeated interruptions..
This is what the Minister of Equipment and Water, Nizar Baraka, interacted with earlier, when he confirmed the completion of a canal between the Dourat dam and the seawater desalination plant of the Jorf Lasfar industrial complex, to increase its length to 52 km, whose production capacity was increased by the Cherifian Phosphate Office, and surveillance patrols were also strengthened to combat water theft and random drilling, and create awareness campaigns to encourage residents to rationalize water consumption..
Nizar Baraka also added, in his response to a question from a parliamentarian from the province of Settat, that the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water has worked quickly to solve the problem of water cuts in Settat, by raising the water level of the Dourat dam and supplying it from the Massira dam, adding that the work of 6 exploratory drillings is currently being completed, led by Al-Mazamza, and an agreement is being prepared for the year 2024 to carry out 8 additional drillings, based on the results of the geophysical study carried out by the aforementioned agency..
Nizar Baraka stressed that his ministry has developed a strategy to alleviate the severity of the water crisis in the province of Settat, which includes a set of urgent measures included in the framework of the National Program for the Supply of Drinking Water and Irrigation Water 20-27..
The city of Settat needs responsible attention
The question remains, asking public affairs officials why their city, as in other cities, lacks entertainment and educational programs, ambitious programs that would be sufficient to create a beautiful atmosphere that inspires activity and vitality among these segments of society.
