Collapse of a house in Marrakech: A problem that challenges the government

Once again, a house has just collapsed. This time, it is in the Medina of Marrakech that a dwelling has crumbled. It is the umpteenth house to suffer the same fate. Fortunately, this incident did not cause any casualties. In reality, it must be said that we are facing a real problem that carries risks for the population. Unfortunately, the phenomenon which is growing is worrying because the number of houses threatening to ruin across the country is staggering and alarming.Statistics dating from 2004 put forward the figure of 130,000 dwellings threatening to ruin or unsanitary across the country, including 66,000 for Casablanca alone. A figure to be revised upwards with the unbridled anarchic constructions that all the cities of the country have known and the ageing and dilapidation of a good number of dwellings.If in Marrakech there were no victims, other collapses have caused deaths an…