Morocco/Es-Semara: More than 4,200 households benefit from the resettlement program for slum dwellers

Some 4,278 households have benefited from the resettlement and rehousing program for inhabitants of the "Rbieb" and "El Gouiez" shantytowns in the province of Es-Semara.

This program, which involves the provision of housing and serviced plots of land to the households concerned, aims to improve the urban landscape, facilitate access to all local services, and declare Es-Semara a city free of shanty towns.access to all local services, and to declare Es-Semara a city free of shanty towns, according to data provided on Thursday by the province of Es-Semara.

Mobilizing a total budget of 532 million dirhams (MDH), the rehousing and resettlement operation also aims to improve the living conditions and environment of families, and to reduce the housing deficit in the urban environment, preThese data were presented during a field visit by the wali of the Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra region, governor of the province of Laâyoune, Abdeslam Bekrate, the governor of the province of Es-Semara, Brahim Boutoumilate, and elected officials.

Logistical and human resources were deployed to demolish some 3,724 substandard dwellings spread over a total area of 317,778 m².

As part of the new development model for the southern provinces, this project is the subject of a multiparty partnership agreement between the General Directorate of Local Authorities (219.45 MDH), the Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Industry (Ministère de l'Aménagement du Territoire national, de l'Urbanisme, de l'Habitat et de la Politique de la ville (232.75 MDH), the Agence pour la promotion et le développement économique et social des provinces du Sud (66.50 MDH), and the Conseil provincial d'Es-Semara (13.30 MDH).

The wali and the accompanying delegation were then briefed on the progress of the second phase of the resettlement program for the inhabitants of the "Rbieb" and "El Gouiez" shantytowns in the north of the city, which has reached around 25%.

Covering an area of 24.38 hectares, the project, which is the subject of a multiparty agreement, involves the servicing of a new housing estate at a total investment of over 260 million dirhams, and involves the fitting out of 1.089 plots of land, for which Al Omrane Al Janoub is the project owner.

To ensure the success of the project, committees have been set up to closely monitor the construction of the housing units, in order to guarantee their quality, as well as that of the infrastructure. as well as that of the infrastructure, and to ensure that they are delivered on schedule.

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