As a prelude to the Magal of Porokhane dedicated to Mame Diarra Bousso, the mother of Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba, founder of the Mouride brotherhood, the Office of Rural Drilling (OFOR) deployed means for good drinking water coverage of the religious event scheduled for February 6.
“We traveled to Porokhane to see the work that is being done as part of the preparation for the Magal scheduled for February 6, 2025. I am very satisfied with the level of progress of this work because it will allow the pilgrims to come and make their pilgrimage in complete peace so that water is available in all concessions at Porokhane To do this, we have taken the following system: there will be 25 tank trucks which will be. deployed 10 days before Magal, 10 trucks will be deployed and on the day, the other 15 trucks will travel throughout the city. In addition to that, there will be 20 water tanks which will be made available to the organizing committee. and on the extension works, there will be 1.5 km of network which will be installed in the city. There will also be a backup and alert device. So, there will be a pump which will be installed. side to case where there would be a difficulty so that we can intervene quickly. Also the system of all Flex’Eau staff is ready so that in the event of difficulty, people can intervene”, declared Hamade Ndiaye, CEO of l. ‘Ofor who was traveling yesterday in the said religious city located in the department of Nioro (Region of Kaolack).
At the same time, means were deployed to ensure water coverage during the Magal of Porokhane period. “We have received more structural complaints from the city, particularly from the Caliph. They need a large water tower, another 5 km of network extension and more than 300 social connections,” he specifies. Adding that on instructions from the Minister of Hydraulics, “there will be a large water tower which will be installed here from this year and 5 km of network extension and 300 social connections”.
Abdou Aziz Diagne, operations manager of Flex’Eau also announced that water will be free for 10 days.
-This battery of measures taken by Ofor was magnified by the organizing committee. “We are reassured by what we saw today, it even goes beyond our understanding at this time. We had fears because you know that when we talk about the Magal the first thing we must ensure is water There are hundreds of thousands of pilgrims traveling and water coverage is a priority among the priorities,” said Alassane Mbaye, mayor of Porokhane and member of the organizing committee.
At the end of the visit to the works, the delegation was also received by the president of the Magal organizing committee, Serigne Bassirou Mbacké Porokhane who expressed his satisfaction with the important achievements made by the State and the arrangements made for a correct water supply for pilgrims.
