Swarming with activity, the roadway has become the most unpopular Souk in the whole city. A picturesque mix of traders and vendors on the ground offering "the deal of the day" or even a bric-a-brac of miscellaneous new or old objects, second-hand clothes, and various contraband products, vegetables, fish without any respect for sanitary standards. This is not a sign of prosperity. It is much more a tacit desire of some to try to locally deactivate an economic life paralysed in recent months by a constant drop in purchasing power. Many "ferracha" occupy the public highway all along Zerktouni Avenue as well as Allal El Kasmi and El Hansali squares and even in the city centre. Day after day, we are witnessing the infection of this gaping wound of the El Jadida environment. Practically no space is spared by this social scourge which speaks volumes about the local management of the city.

A situation that has further aggravated the aspect of personal safety. We are also witnessing "territorial wars" between gangs from another era. And if, unfortunately, one claims authorised parking in these conquered neighbourhoods, one is not sure of returning home unscathed. A trip to the side of El Hansali square, Allal El Kasmi, Zerktouni, Essafaa, El Barkaoui, Saâda, Lalla Zahra, Essalam must be a pedestrian route. Using a vehicle is suicidal. The inhabitants and the owners of the shops in these neighbourhoods do not stop complaining to anyone who will listen, noise and fighting during the day. Night-time noise is another evil to which it seems one would not want to find a solution. Here and there, the songs of chaâbi, raï, rap, the chebs and chebbates make the eardrums burst. Songs that also drown out the calls for material and financial help from beggars who, by the dozens, occupy the pavements and the surroundings of shops, bakeries, butcheries... Met at the Allal El Kasmi market, Mourad, a civil servant, admits that "people are tired of the promises of the public authorities who have repeatedly committed to putting an end to this anarchy and this mess. Nothing moves and those responsible seem incapable of restoring calm to this city. Go see for example how all the corners of the Hansali tax office, built in 1925 and which is an architectural treasure, are squatted day and night!" On the other hand, it must be noted that almost all pavements, parks, and spaces for pedestrians are cluttered with the tables and chairs of cafes, cars, or simply annexed as if they were part of the private property of those who annexed them. Worse still, "certain individuals" and certain officials no longer hesitate to take control of the public domain and abusively occupy the pavements in principle reserved for pedestrians, especially on Mohammed VI and Mohammed V boulevards, El Hansali square, Zerktouni avenue... It is total anarchy. Is it not time for the services concerned and especially the provincial and local authorities to put an end to this "siba"? Do we not know that this cluttering of urban space constitutes a real threat to the safety of property and people and to free movement on the public highway and pavements? We are all aware that these street vendors and these "ferracha", who are generally young, have no other alternative than to practice this activity to face unemployment and survive. They are a social category that has the right to live in peace. But that does not mean that we should not take the necessary measures to pertinently solve this thorny problem. We must establish precise statistics on the exact number of these street vendors and these "ferracha" of Jdidie origin to transfer them to the central market (European market) which is practically deserted, in order to stop the uninterrupted influx of merchants who come from neighbouring cities.

We must also impose very rigorous and very severe display rules to free up these pavements squatted by these shopkeepers and cafe owners. It is therefore time to find adequate solutions and apply the law if we want to improve the quality of life in El Jadida...

Garbage as far as the eye can see: Around 11 p.m., the merchants, street vendors, and consumers desert the places, leaving tons of waste, rubbish, and garbage everywhere in the city of El Jadida, the capital of the Doukkala. A short tour at this time, along the boulevards and some perpendicular streets, reveals a most lamentable state of affairs with the multitude of garbage left on the ground. And it is up to the poor service agents to clean these streets "privatised" by merchants who in no way contribute to the management of the city. An image of desolation and an attack on the environment that do not seem to worry anyone too much.