HIBAPRESS – Mohamed Zariouh
In a prominent move reflecting stricter control over the construction sector, the governor of Nador province, Jamal Chaarani, personally intervened in the building permit crisis that has sparked widespread controversy recently, by closely monitoring the files subject to the decision of the Ministry of Interior to withdraw more than twenty building permits after recording serious violations. Chaarani affirmed that this step comes within the framework of strengthening compliance with regulatory laws and imposing quality standards in construction.
According to consistent sources, the governor, along with his technical team in charge of construction, has begun a detailed study of each file individually, with continuous coordination with the central departments of the ministry in order to find fair legal solutions that respect the regulatory rules and take into account the rights of investors whose projects were suspended after the decision to withdraw the permits. The source clarified that these efforts aim to maintain a balance of economic development while ensuring compliance with the laws.
A Ministry of Interior inspection committee had, about a month ago, completed its investigations regarding building permits issued by the Nador community and the Marchica Lake Development Agency. Based on this, a decision was issued to cancel more than twenty permits due to serious violations in the implementation of the designs. The decision also included the modification of some permits by reducing the number of floors in a number of projects within the influence of the Marchica agency, where the floors were reduced from seven to four, and from five to three in some other projects.
This step is a stern message to anyone trying to circumvent the laws related to construction, and confirms the ministry's commitment to ensuring urban order and protecting the technical safety of projects. This decision comes at a sensitive time, as issues of informal construction and urban violations raise widespread concern among citizens and investors alike.
In this context, this issue has revived the discussion about the effectiveness of the urban monitoring system and the mechanisms for tracking licensing procedures, where public opinion awaits additional steps to ensure transparency and enhance confidence in urban management in the various communities of the region. But the question that arises now is: Will this step also include a review of the three cafes that were granted to a group of people without benefiting the community or any other party? Especially since these cafes belong to the “Marchica” project, which is suffering from a financial crisis, and millions of dirhams are coming in without the state benefiting from it.
Observers believe that this issue may open the door to a comprehensive review of some stalled projects in the region, which aimed to support local development but ended up creating more financial crises without achieving the desired returns. Some call for the need for careful monitoring and review of the distribution of these projects, to ensure that the city truly benefits from these investments, and that they are used to develop services and improve the standard of living of citizens.
This issue remains of wide interest and may require additional interventions from the competent authorities to ensure the sustainability of development in the city and achieve a balance between public and private interests in the field of construction.
