Hespress has learned that the municipality of Casablanca is preparing to launch a cleanliness police in order to reduce the behavior of certain citizens who throw their waste in the streets without using the trash cans, which causes pollution in neighborhoods and arouses discontent among residents. .
Guilty of being one of the most polluted cities in Morocco, Casablanca is preparing to get a makeover. Sources within the governing office of the metropolitan municipality indicated that “the actions of citizens, as well as people who rummage through trash cans or the so-called “bouara” (informal recyclers), who throw waste in the streets, justify the establishment of a cleanliness police to sanction the perpetrators of these offenses”.
Informed sources pointed out that the “ police of the propreté“, which will be an administrative police force, will apply the municipal decree relating to public health, cleanliness and environmental protection, which was adopted during the previous municipal council led by the Justice and Development Party (PJD). However, it was not implemented.
The same sources also indicated that the economic capital of the country wishes to be part of the current dynamic in preparation for hosting the final of the African Football Cup of Nations, then the World Cup, which requires to maintain the cleanliness of the city and to change the negative image which makes it a polluted city.
Municipal sources specified that the “ police of the propreté » will carry out rounds in various neighborhoods and districts, and that anyone caught throwing waste in the street, far from the bins, will be liable to a fine.
The municipality, according to Hespress sources, will work in close collaboration with the General Directorate of National Security (DGSN) to obtain recordings from the cameras used by the Casablanca police headquarters in order to sanction citizens who will be filmed throwing trash in the street.
The municipal decree provides for financial fines for any person violating health and cleanliness rules in the city, up to one hundred dirhams, with an increase in the event of a repeat offense.
It should be noted that the municipality of Casablanca had already confirmed, in its work program, that it would finance 70% of the estimated budget for the cleanliness police, while the Ministry of the Interior will cover 30%.
