HIBAPRESS – Mohammed Boudhan
In light of the high directives contained in the recent Royal Speech, in which His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God protect him, called for the achievement of spatial and social justice, and to give special attention to the most fragile areas and the promotion of basic services in villages and mountainous areas, the residents of the Douar of Ouled El Adel in the commune of Ouled Bourima, Mezguitem district, Jerada province, are experiencing a worrying situation due to the complete interruption of drinking water for several days.
The population, which is considered one of the most suffering groups in the region, finds itself today forced to travel distances exceeding five kilometers in order to bring a few liters of water, in a difficult daily journey that contradicts the simplest components of a decent life, as the only public tap is opened only once every two days, which leads to a large overcrowding and long queues of women and children who wait for hours to get their need for water.
This tragic situation clearly reveals the developmental imbalances that some Douars in Jerada province still suffer from, despite the major national programs aimed at generalizing access to water and electricity and breaking isolation, which makes it necessary, in harmony with the spirit of the Royal Speech, to accelerate the pace of field interventions to address these imbalances, in a way that ensures that citizens are able to exercise their basic rights to water and a decent life.
The suffering of the residents of Douar Ouled El Adel is only a miniature model of what many forgotten rural areas are experiencing, which requires a collective mobilization of all local actors and relevant institutions in order to truly implement the contents of the high royal directives that have made spatial justice a basic pillar for a Morocco of equity and sustainable development.
