Heba Press – Rabat
The Minister of Equipment and Water, Nizar Baraka, stressed that the government and the ministry have taken many proactive measures to protect the population and infrastructure from flooding.
In his response to questions from parliamentarians in the House of Councilors on Tuesday, the minister declared that these measures include work to modernize and modernize hydroclimatic measurement networks and the establishment of monitoring and control devices, work aimed at to complete the necessary infrastructure by the ministry departments and the watersheds. agencies, and develop an integrated system to help manage… Flood risks
The minister stressed that the recent floods were the result of the recording of heavy and unprecedented rainfall “between 47 mm and 115 mm in a few hours”, noting that record loads had not been observed for over 1,000 years , adding: “We reached 3,271 cubic meters per second in Zagora province and 2,300 cubic meters in the lower Draa basin in Tata province.
