Lake Marchica is drowning in pollution… an environmental disaster that threatens Nador’s tourist dream
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press – Muhammad Zariyouh
Lake Marchica in the town of Nador, for which millions of dirhams have been spent in a purification project mandated by the Lake Marchica Rehabilitation Agency since 2004, is experiencing a catastrophic environmental situation with the accumulation of scum and of waste at its bottom, not to mention the continued discharge of sewage canals and hot valleys in its surroundings.
An informed source reported that a number of cafes adjacent to the city corniche have caused significant environmental pollution to the lake due to the dumping of waste and hot waste on the lake bottom, far from the control of the authorities and the obligation to impose conditions. to respect the environment.
Our source indicated that those in charge of the Marchica Lake Rehabilitation Agency stand idly by this reality and see the lake being polluted again after years of efforts to purify the lake water by spending billions wasted , so that the matter returns to what it was before, even more polluted.
Even if the governor of the new region of Nador, adds our source, has all the authority to intervene urgently to impose stricter conditions on cafe owners by forcing them to take measures to preserve the water of the lake by stopping dumping the waste and hot waters of the nearby valley, he has still not taken any action in this context, months have passed since his appointment as governor of Nador.
In the same context, a number of residents of the town of Nador denounced the great pollution experienced by Lake Marchica, particularly in terms of artificial beaches, for which enormous sums of money were spent to create, and which until now remain unsuitable for swimming. Moreover, it has become a refuge for young children who do not hesitate to swim in the lake, despite the pollution, in periods of high temperatures, they are infected by infectious diseases.
The civil society of Nador questions the responsibility of the Lake Marchica Rehabilitation Agency, the prefecture of Nador and all those responsible in the face of the environmental disaster experienced by the lake, which was and still is a shelter for waste and sewage, despite its beauty and strategic location. , which could make it an unprecedented tourist destination in the Kingdom, with the continuous and increasing tributaries of its pollution coming from cafes, restaurants, sewer canals….
