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22 Jun 2013
3 min read
The city of Sidi Bennour in full construction
Sidi Bennour launches a vast urban development programme which includes the improvement of basic infrastructure and equipment, as well as the generalisation of access to drinking water and electricity.
To fight against the proliferation of shanty towns, the programme of the Ministry of Housing, Urban Planning, and Spatial Planning provides for a budget of 78 million dirhams. The programme will benefit four neighbourhoods, with a population of more than 12,000 people spread over 2,517 families, or 27% of the city's inhabitants. The belt of shanty towns constitutes a challenge for the city of Sidi Bennour that must be met urgently, because 27% of the population lives in these shacks. A budget of 7 million dirhams is planned in this regard for the rehousing of 12,000 people. Should it be recalled: the same objective was planned in the "Cities without shanty towns" programme in 1995. Already, within the framework of a multi-party partnership between the Ministry of Housing and various local authorities, the rehousing of all shanty town dwellers of the El Abdi, Lfatmi, and Lkaria douars wa…
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