The Minister of Equipment and Water, Nizar Baraka, launched several development projects in the province of Guelmim on Friday, on the occasion of the 49th anniversary of the Green March.
Among the projects launched are two relating to the road infrastructure rehabilitation program. This program is part of a partnership agreement for the implementation of the 2023-2027 regional development program concluded between the Ministry of Equipment and Water and the council of the Guelmim-Oued Noun region . The program aims to rehabilitate and construct several roads at an estimated cost of 2.2 billion DH, to which the Ministry of Equipment and Water is contributing 955 million DH, while the regional council will provide 1.3 billion DH. It also aims to improve economic and tourist attractiveness by strengthening services and improving road safety conditions through the rehabilitation and modernization of more than 556 km of the regional road network and the maintenance and construction of more than 900 km of rural roads, in addition to the reconstruction of 20 structures.
As part of the program to reduce spatial and social disparities, Baraka inaugurated the project to strengthen the unclassified road connecting national road No. 1 and Douar Aksil, over a distance of 10 km, for an amount of 10, 6 million DH. In the commune of Amtadi (110 km from the city of Guelmim), the minister launched projects programmed as part of the national drinking water supply and irrigation program 2020-2027. Construction work on two dams was also launched: the Tazounte dam, with a capacity of 5.8 million m³ (32 million DH) and the Oued Asfaw dam, with a capacity of 7.2 million m³ (29 million DH), financed by the regional council.
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