Tahla suffers the wrath of rainfall and politics

The English would have said it was raining cats and dogs. The rain did not stop falling this Sunday in Tahla, in the province of Taza. Everything started normally, a most generous winter season. Suddenly, several houses were flooded. The sanitation network suddenly stopped serving and channelling the torrential waters that fell throughout the day. In the Al Qods, Mandar Al Jamil, and Ayt Boutayeb districts, people had to rely on their own means to evacuate the floods and clean the ravines to drain the water. The few firefighters and gendarmes going to the disaster areas could do nothing but sympathise with the suffering of the inhabitants. Some clearly state that they were short of means and that they were ashamed in the face of such a situation. "Unforgivable, for years the authorities have known that this area is in permanent danger every winter, without any measure being taken to put…