Water crisis threatens the oases of Zagora province - Al-Ousboue Al-Sahafi

Several areas in the Zagora province have begun to enter a severe water crisis due to delayed rainfall and the limited capacity of dams at 30 percent, which raises broad questions about water security in the region in light of the continued cultivation of watermelons and other crops that consume large amounts of water.
Despite the issuance of a provincial decision imposing the regulation of watermelon and melon cultivation in Zagora, some farmers and farm owners are circumventing these administrative measures, wishing to achieve financial profits at the expense of water wealth, taking advantage of the weak monitoring by local authorities or their leniency with them.
In this context, the "Friends of the Environment" association in the Zagora province previously sent a letter to the Minister of Interior, sounding the alarm regarding the water shortage experienced by the province, after it…