Douars at the mercy of thirst and marginalisation

Sometimes one can only be perplexed by the State's double-standard policy regarding the scourge of rural exodus on the one hand, and the sterility of national strategies and programmes due essentially to the mediocrity of implementation processes at the local level on the other. In the Fès region, there are still Douars that ask for the vital minimum for their survival: drinking water for their children and their livestock, proper access and roads, and services that respect their citizenship. In the province of Zouagha-Moulay Yacoub, the rural commune of Sebaa Rouadi, more precisely in six of its Douars (Tamrat Laadam, Guerzin, Laasama, Ouled Yaaguoub, Ouled Ali, and Bib Errih), 200 households and thousands of heads of livestock have been suffering for three years from a constant shortage of water resources due to a lack of regular supply by the ONEP. In a region rich in water resources…