“the filling rate of the dams rose to 25% after the last rainfall”

The issue of water was at the heart of the royal speech on the occasion of the inauguration of the legislative year. Water stress, which has become a structural problem, has taken on such proportions that it requires lasting solutions. In his speech, HM King Mohammed VI indicated that Morocco will pursue the policy of dams, while calling on the government to activate the National Program for Drinking Water Supply and Irrigation (PNAEPI) as soon as possible.

In reaction to the royal speech, the Secretary General of the Istiqlal Party, and Minister of Equipment and Water, Nizar Baraka, underlined the importance of the dam policy. “Morocco currently has 148 dams and 20 are under construction, this will allow our country to acquire an additional storage capacity of 24 billion cubic meters of hydraulic resources”, he indicated in a statement. statement to 2M.

“This policy is all the more important as it allows our country to store water from precipitation,” he continued.

During the next three years, it is planned to build 129 small dams in the different regions of the Kingdom, said the minister, adding that these new infrastructures will have the benefit of covering the needs of the rural world, especially with regard to irrigation. .

At a time when Morocco is going through one of the worst droughts in its history, the latest rains experienced by the country in recent days have given a glimmer of hope, since they have been able to increase the filling rate of the dams, in bringing there 240 million meters. “We have gone from a rate of 24% to 25%”, indicated Mr. Baraka, specifying that the government will continue its strategy which revolves around the construction of dams and the strengthening of water desalination infrastructure. of the sea.