HIBAPRESS – A. Mahyawi
As part of the follow-up on the repercussions of the recent rainfall witnessed in the Sidi Slimane province, Idris Rubio, the governor of the province, chaired a meeting today, Tuesday, December 30, 2025, for the regional alert committee. The meeting was dedicated to assessing the general situation in the province and monitoring the effects of the rain on the population and infrastructure, in addition to taking a set of urgent and preventive measures to reduce the risks of floods.
This meeting comes within a proactive approach adopted by the regional authorities, which aims to enhance vigilance and readiness to face climate fluctuations, and ensure the safety and security of citizens and the protection of their property. The meeting was attended by various concerned stakeholders, including security authorities, civil protection, external services, and heads of territorial communities, in addition to the regional delegate of the Sebou Water Basin Agency. The situation of a number of black spots that are witnessing water accumulation, as well as the rise in the level of some valleys, was reviewed. Following that, it was decided to establish a permanent technical cell emanating from the regional alert committee, which is concerned with monitoring and managing flood risks at the provincial level. This cell includes representatives from the local authorities, the Sebou Water Basin Agency, the Regional Directorate of Equipment, Transport and Logistics, the Regional Directorate of Agriculture, Civil Protection, and territorial communities, in addition to the programming, equipment, urbanization and environment departments of the province's prefecture. It is expected that this cell, tomorrow, Wednesday, December 31, 2025, will conduct technical field visits to the affected villages in both the communities of Oulad Ben Hammadi and Al-Masaida, in order to conduct accurate inspections and diagnose the constraints raised, and to develop an immediate intervention program to avoid the recurrence of floods that these areas have recently experienced. It was also decided to intensify the operations of cleaning and deepening the waterways, especially the Wadi Al-Radm in the Al-Masaida community, and Wadi Badah in the Oulad Ben Hammadi community, by removing sludge and parasitic plants, and closing the openings in the earthen barriers, and removing all obstacles that impede the natural flow of water, in a way that contributes to reducing the risks of floods on the neighboring population. At the end of the meeting, the governor called for raising the level of vigilance, enhancing continuous field follow-up, and accelerating the pace of preventive interventions, with the comprehensive mobilization of human and logistical resources, stressing that protecting citizens remains at the top of the priorities, and that the effectiveness of interventions requires close coordination between the various stakeholders.
