HIBAPRESS – w.m.a
The gradual return of citizens to their homes in the municipality of Gharb Beni Malek in Mechraa Bel Ksiri began today, Sunday, under the supervision of local and regional authorities of Sidi Kacem, and in coordination with other relevant services, following the drop in the level of the Sebou River and the improvement of weather conditions.
The services of the Sidi Kacem province, in coordination with elements of the Auxiliary Forces and the Royal Gendarmerie, which have been mobilized since the early hours of Sunday, have begun to coordinate and secure the return of citizens to their homes, in conditions that ensure safety and fluidity. According to data from the local authorities in the province, about 70 families, comprising about 300 people, returned today, Sunday, in the first group, while about 800 people will arrive tomorrow, Monday. The same source stated that the families belonging to the villages of Nouirat Al-Wad, Ouled El Ghoul and Douar Al-Laabcha Al-Akkala, who were residing in Ibn Al-Roumi School and the Nouirat Preparatory School in the Gharb Beni Malek municipality, had returned. As for the remaining families, they come from the villages of Al-Haytham, Ouled Righi, and Beni Aziz, and are currently residing in the Dar Taliba, Nouirat Preparatory School, and Ibn Al-Roumi School. The returning citizens, in statements to the Moroccan News Agency, expressed their thanks and gratitude to King Mohammed VI, for the continuous care, praising the proactive measures taken, under high royal instructions, to protect the lives and property of citizens, especially their evacuation from flood-threatened areas, then providing transportation and shelter, and finally returning them to their homes after the improvement of climatic conditions. In this regard, Najib Shahid, 46 years old, a resident of the Douar Nouirat, expressed his happiness at the return of the residents to their homes after the improvement of weather conditions, adding that everyone, especially women and children, had been waiting for this moment with great patience. Shahid said in the same context that taking care of the flood victims alleviated the suffering caused by the exceptional weather conditions. For her part, Khadija, 14 years old, expressed her happiness at returning to her home, especially after the fear of the difficult climatic conditions dissipated, adding that joy overwhelmed all the children at returning home before embracing the school semesters with great longing. The director of Dar Talib of Nouirat, Ahmed Al-Zaki, noted that the return of those affected by the floods is taking place under good conditions under the supervision of the local and regional authorities, pointing out that the improvement of weather conditions encourages people to return to their daily lives with complete reassurance. He highlighted that the shelter centers in Nouirat Preparatory School, Ibn Al-Roumi School Group, and the Social Care Foundation Dar Talib of Nouirat provided everything the residents needed, expressing his thanks and gratitude to King Mohammed VI, for the continuous care for citizens, especially in exceptional circumstances. The province of Sidi Kacem had announced, last Saturday, that in completion of the measures taken to ensure a gradual and organized return of citizens who were temporarily evacuated following the exceptional climatic disturbances witnessed by the province, a comprehensive plan was put in place to manage the return phases by determining the means of transportation adopted, and the specific routes for transportation. She added that the return process includes the Hay Al-Laimoun and Bayoutat neighborhoods in the city of Mechraa Bel Ksiri, and the villages of Ashnakla Mux, Ouled Ammar Mux (Salvat municipality), Miadma, and Ben Amara 2 (Takna municipality), and Amarif Al-Sadr, Aqandala Nakhla, and Ouled Masoud (Moulay Abdelkader municipality), Ouled Al-Sabah, Ouled Yaqoub, Ouled Jati, Ouled Hamad, Ouled Hamdan, Al-Hamain, Ouled Atouijar, Al-Kamena, and Adghouine (Sidi Azouz municipality). The program also concerns the villages of Harat Juyra, Ouled Gharbi, and Nazat (Al-Murabih municipality), Ouled Hamid, Al-Sawasiyin, Al-Maataka, Akadadra Al-Masira, Al-Faqra, and Taawuniya Al-Khams, and Al-Hararta Liqrat (Sidi Al-Kamil municipality), Hakiyyat Asghar, Al-Malaqit, Al-Ababda, and Al-Kabarta (Armilat municipality), Al-Kabarta, Ouled Shaddad, and Al-Daghoughine (Dar Al-Aslouji municipality), and Nouirat Al-Wad, Ouled Al-Ghoul, and Aababsha Al-Akkala (Nouirat municipality), and Taawuniyat Al-Mukhtariya, Mumtaza, and Al-Adnaniya, and the villages of Ouled Youssef, Azhir Bata, Azaib Al-Rakib, Azaib Al-Douni, and Al-Makhashim (Safsaf municipality), and the villages of Ouled Zian and Ouled Msalim Al-Hamoumine (Ouled Nawal municipality), and Aknfda, Al-Bahala, Ouled Boubaker, Ouled Habti Ouled Al-Tazi, Ouled Askar, Al-Karada, and Ouled Ayad (Sidi M'Hamed Challah municipality). The same source indicated that the remaining areas and subsequent time phases will be announced in subsequent statements, according to the development of field indicators and the readiness of the pathways and infrastructure.
