Tan Tan fish processing plant pilloried

Since the start of the ASAT industrial unit for fish canning near the Nahda district in Tan Tan, its inhabitants have been organising protest marches against this industrial unit which overwhelms them with its wastewater and suffocating odours. Already, in February of last year, the foul-smelling waters coming from this factory had flooded the district to the point where the inhabitants, to get around, were forced to put down makeshift fords of stones or pieces of plank to avoid wading through stinking mud. The cries of alarm from the inhabitants of this district have never been heard and no city official has travelled to see the misfortune of these left-behind people. The director of the said factory, having one day been confronted by the inhabitants, entered into negotiations with them in the presence of the local director of the ONEP and representatives of several associations from o…