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In the heart of the mountainous commune of Amghras, located in the province of Al Haouz, Ahmed, a farmer, has resumed his normal activity and is today engaged in the breeding and culture of the land which is so expensive.
“Despite the damage caused by the earthquake on our land and our houses, we have never lost hope. Today, with the intensification of reconstruction efforts, we see a real recovery and gradually but surely find a normal life, “said the MAP this farmer whose house was destroyed in Douar” Akni “.
Almost a year and a half after the earthquake, the inhabitants of this mountainous town, like the other affected localities, have, in fact, resumed their daily activities.
Thanks to the sustained efforts of reconstruction and rehabilitation, farmers have returned to their activities, small businesses are open and families gradually return to their new houses, built to be more resistant to natural vagaries.
Same story with Aïcha, whose family returned to their home in Douar “tifght” five months ago.
“The period which followed the earthquake was certainly difficult, but thanks to the financial assistance of the State, we were able to rebuild our house and resume a normal life,” she said, highlighting the efforts made to ensure the inhabitants safer housing and better suited to local conditions.
For his part, Rachid, a fifty -year -old craftsman, who embodies the resilience of the inhabitants of this rural commune, today puts its expertise at the service of the reconstruction of the Douar “Aït Targhit”, by working in the building and the painting of the facades.
With the acceleration of the rate of the reconstruction operation, the monitoring and monitoring committee set up at the province, is used for the execution of the rehabilitation program for affected areas in order to improve the living conditions of the households concerned and to offer them decent housing, in accordance with the high instructions of King Mohammed VI.
On this subject, the coordinator of the reconstruction and rehabilitation program of the disaster areas, Hassan Ighighi, said that the work is at an advanced stage, specifying that more than 15,100 dwellings have been rebuilt or rehabilitated, or 60% of the constructions identified, with an objective of reaching an 80% rate in the next two months.
These advanced achievements are very encouraging, knowing that construction work started less than a year ago, Ighighi underlined in a declaration to the MAP, recalling that these operations were not launched immediately after the earthquake, due to the need to carry out the necessary studies.
However, 10% of the families concerned have not yet started reconstruction, due to disputes between heirs or the delayed delay in the launch of the work by certain beneficiaries despite the reception of the first tranche of state financial aid, he noted, noting that local authorities have taken the necessary measures to make them aware and encourage them to initiate the work as soon as possible.
Regarding the dwellings located in areas where construction is prohibited or requiring specific measures, alternative solutions have been put in place and the beneficiaries were able to start their sites, he continued, adding that despite the difficulties of access due to the accident and mountainous land, the reconstruction program advances positively, thus guaranteeing decent housing to the inhabitants.
For his part, the director of the Al Omrane agency in Al Haouz, Amin Bouih, highlighted the key role of the Al Omrane group in the technical support of the project, by providing beneficiaries of architects, topographers and engineers, as well as a laboratory for monitoring work.
In a similar declaration, he said that this vast operation, which concerns more than 26,253 beneficiaries, faces major challenges, in particular the lack of skilled labor, the constraints linked to the nature of the land and the high cost of the transport of materials to the remote areas of the province.
The return to normal in the commune of Amghras after the earthquake embodies the resilience shown by the inhabitants, while the reconstruction operation which continues at a sustained rate in all the municipalities of the province of Al Haouz, nourishes the hope of a population committed to opening a new page of normal life and local development.
