A ceremony to hand over embryonic housing and plots of land to the first beneficiaries of the resettlement operation for residents of the “Rbieb” and “El Gouiez” neighborhoods took place on Saturday in Es-Semara.
This ceremony was chaired 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 the chairman of the board of directors of the Al Omrane group, Housni El Ghazaoui, in the presence of elected officials.
In a first stage, embryonic housing and lots of equipped land were handed over to 79 households, on the occasion of the celebration of the Glorious Green March.
Mobilizing an overall budget of 532 million dirhams (MDH), the rehousing and resettlement operation overall concerns more than 4,000 beneficiaries.
As part of the new development model for the southern provinces, this project is the subject of a multi-party partnership agreement between the General Directorate of Local Authorities (219.45 MDH), the Ministry of Urban Development. National Territory, Urban Planning, Housing and City Policy (232.75 MDH), the Agency for the Promotion and Economic and Social Development of the Southern Provinces of the Kingdom (66.50 MDH) , and the Provincial Council of Es-Semara (13.30 MDH).
In a statement to the press, the president of the commune of Es-Semara, Moulay Brahim Chérif, stressed that this rehousing operation is part of the implementation of the “cities without slums” program, in the with the aim of improving the conditions and living environment of families.
He also announced that the demolition of the shanty towns was carried out before the effective launch of this operation which consists of the handover of housing and equipped plots of land for the benefit of the households concerned.
In this line, he indicated that the implementation of the household resettlement program is taking place in good conditions, in partnership with the various stakeholders, with a view to improving the urban landscape and working to make Es-Semara a city without slums.
For his part, the regional director of Housing and City Policy in Laâyoune-Sakia El Hamra, Hamdi Zeroual, noted that this operation benefits more than 4,000 households, with a view to declaring Es-Semara a city without a slum by the end of the current year, in accordance with the objectives set by the supervisory department.
The beneficiaries of the rehousing operation, for their part, welcomed this initiative which allowed them to benefit from decent housing preserving their dignity, renting the location of their new housing close to public facilities and various essential services. .
Furthermore, the wali and the delegation accompanying him gave the kick-off for the realization of the second phase of this project in the north of the city which consists of making a new subdivision serviceable, for a total investment of 260 million dirhams, on an area of 23.67 Ha.
The subject of a multi-party agreement, this project concerns the equipment of 1,089 plots of land, the delegated project owner of which is the company Al Omrane Al Janoub.
To guarantee the success of this operation, committees were set up at the provincial level to ensure rigorous monitoring of the construction of these housing units, in order to guarantee their quality as well as that of the infrastructure, and to ensure that they are delivered on time in accordance with agreed schedules.
In particular, the president of the Regional Council, Sidi Hamdi Ould Errachid, the president of the municipal council of Laâyoune, Moulay Hamdi Ould Errachid, as well as heads of external services and stakeholders took part in the ceremony of handing over housing ownership certificates. of civil society.
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