A census and clearing operation for buildings threatening ruin in the Oriental region was launched on Monday in Oujda, during a meeting held at the Wilaya headquarters.
The meeting was chaired by the Secretary of State for Housing, Adib Benbrahim, in the presence of the Wali of the Oriental region, Governor of the Oujda-Angad prefecture, the governors of the provinces of the Oriental region, the President of the Oriental Regional Council, and the Director General of the National Agency for Urban Renovation and Rehabilitation of Buildings Threatening Ruin (ANRUR).
On this occasion, emphasis was placed on the particular interest given to the issue of housing threatening ruin, which has a complex and multidimensional character, reports MAP.
Buildings threatening ruin pose a threat to human lives and also mar the urban landscape, speakers explained during the meeting, specifying that the census and clearing operation in the Oriental, which will last four months, is part of a vast program led by the Agency at the national level, in accordance with the High Royal Instructions aimed at preserving human lives and improving the living environment of citizens.
This operation will allow for the necessary technical expertise to be conducted and will contribute to building a geographical and socio-economic database on these buildings and their inhabitants.
Opening the meeting, the Wali of the Oriental region, Khatib El Hebil, highlighted the importance of the efforts made to address the phenomenon of buildings threatening ruin, which threatens the safety of citizens and affects the urban fabric and the aesthetics of cities, noting that to remedy this, a global and integrated strategy based on proactivity and coordination between all parties concerned is required.
In this sense, he praised the role of ANRUR, which has adopted this global approach since its creation in 2016, noting that the Agency's vision for the 2022-2026 period will contribute to achieving a precise diagnosis of these buildings in the Oriental region and in the rest of the Kingdom's regions.
In the same vein, the Secretary of State for Housing mentioned the growing challenges resulting from the exacerbation of this phenomenon, highlighting its economic and social consequences and the loss of human life it can cause.
In his speech, he insisted on the activation of conventions related to old Medinas, highlighting the central role of the National Agency and its proactive 2022-2026 strategy, which aims to identify buildings at risk of collapse and remedy them.
For her part, the Director General of ANRUR, Ms. Azhar Ktitou, noted the importance of establishing effective mechanisms for monitoring and controlling buildings threatening ruin, calling for the design of multiple intervention scenarios in the short, medium, and long term to ensure a comprehensive and sustainable treatment of this problem.
She stated that the census and clearing operation aims to identify the state of the buildings and assess their danger in the prefecture and provinces of this region, in order to define appropriate intervention scenarios to treat these buildings in accordance with Law 94-12.
In their interventions, the governors of the provinces of the Oriental region addressed the issue of buildings at risk of collapse while mentioning the legal and procedural constraints that hinder the effective treatment of this problem.
They thus emphasized the need to intensify efforts between the various parties concerned, including local authorities, competent administrations, and judicial services, in order to accelerate the demolition process of these buildings and preserve the life and safety of citizens.
The meeting was marked by a presentation in which the focus was placed on the objective of the census, which is to identify buildings at risk of collapse that will subsequently be subject to detailed technical expertise.
It also focused on the expected results of this census and clearing operation, which will be carried out by a consulting firm mandated for this purpose and which will concern some 6,500 buildings at risk of collapse throughout the Oriental region, which is composed of one prefecture (Oujda-Angad) and seven provinces (Berkane, Nador, Jerada, Driouch, Taourirt, Guercif, and Figuig) and includes 124 territorial communities, including 28 urban ones.
The meeting was chaired by the Secretary of State for Housing, Adib Benbrahim, in the presence of the Wali of the Oriental region, Governor of the Oujda-Angad prefecture, the governors of the provinces of the Oriental region, the President of the Oriental Regional Council, and the Director General of the National Agency for Urban Renovation and Rehabilitation of Buildings Threatening Ruin (ANRUR).
On this occasion, emphasis was placed on the particular interest given to the issue of housing threatening ruin, which has a complex and multidimensional character, reports MAP.
Buildings threatening ruin pose a threat to human lives and also mar the urban landscape, speakers explained during the meeting, specifying that the census and clearing operation in the Oriental, which will last four months, is part of a vast program led by the Agency at the national level, in accordance with the High Royal Instructions aimed at preserving human lives and improving the living environment of citizens.
This operation will allow for the necessary technical expertise to be conducted and will contribute to building a geographical and socio-economic database on these buildings and their inhabitants.
Opening the meeting, the Wali of the Oriental region, Khatib El Hebil, highlighted the importance of the efforts made to address the phenomenon of buildings threatening ruin, which threatens the safety of citizens and affects the urban fabric and the aesthetics of cities, noting that to remedy this, a global and integrated strategy based on proactivity and coordination between all parties concerned is required.
In this sense, he praised the role of ANRUR, which has adopted this global approach since its creation in 2016, noting that the Agency's vision for the 2022-2026 period will contribute to achieving a precise diagnosis of these buildings in the Oriental region and in the rest of the Kingdom's regions.
In the same vein, the Secretary of State for Housing mentioned the growing challenges resulting from the exacerbation of this phenomenon, highlighting its economic and social consequences and the loss of human life it can cause.
In his speech, he insisted on the activation of conventions related to old Medinas, highlighting the central role of the National Agency and its proactive 2022-2026 strategy, which aims to identify buildings at risk of collapse and remedy them.
For her part, the Director General of ANRUR, Ms. Azhar Ktitou, noted the importance of establishing effective mechanisms for monitoring and controlling buildings threatening ruin, calling for the design of multiple intervention scenarios in the short, medium, and long term to ensure a comprehensive and sustainable treatment of this problem.
She stated that the census and clearing operation aims to identify the state of the buildings and assess their danger in the prefecture and provinces of this region, in order to define appropriate intervention scenarios to treat these buildings in accordance with Law 94-12.
In their interventions, the governors of the provinces of the Oriental region addressed the issue of buildings at risk of collapse while mentioning the legal and procedural constraints that hinder the effective treatment of this problem.
They thus emphasized the need to intensify efforts between the various parties concerned, including local authorities, competent administrations, and judicial services, in order to accelerate the demolition process of these buildings and preserve the life and safety of citizens.
The meeting was marked by a presentation in which the focus was placed on the objective of the census, which is to identify buildings at risk of collapse that will subsequently be subject to detailed technical expertise.
It also focused on the expected results of this census and clearing operation, which will be carried out by a consulting firm mandated for this purpose and which will concern some 6,500 buildings at risk of collapse throughout the Oriental region, which is composed of one prefecture (Oujda-Angad) and seven provinces (Berkane, Nador, Jerada, Driouch, Taourirt, Guercif, and Figuig) and includes 124 territorial communities, including 28 urban ones.
