This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press – Abdel Latif Baraka
In a painful incident that reflects the ongoing suffering in the Chtouka Ait Baha region, a woman and two of her children, as well as another child of her neighbors, were killed by drowning in a pool of water inside of an agricultural village, located in the Todouche region. roundabout of the Oued Safa community. The accident, which occurred in the middle of the afternoon yesterday, Saturday January 4, was the result of a moment of play and innocence which ended in disaster.
Details of the incident reported by local sources indicate that four children were playing near the pool, before two of them suddenly slipped into it. At that moment, the third child rushed to tell the mother, who immediately rushed to try to save them, but her fate was similar to that of her children, as she also drowned while trying to save them.
Rescue teams intervened, including the Royal Gendarmerie of the territorial capital of Bucre, local authorities and civil protection, who were able to recover the bodies of the drowned. An investigation was also opened under the supervision of the prosecution at the Agadir Court of Appeal to determine the exact circumstances of this painful incident.
But this accident is just another episode in a series of tragedies that the region has witnessed, as agricultural watersheds, which represent a major source of irrigation of agricultural lands, pose a threat to the lives of citizens of the region. These ponds, which have become what many human rights activists have described as “ponds of death”, constantly threaten the lives of residents and workers in these cities, as the region has witnessed similar incidents that cost many lives.
Following the incident, human rights organizations demanded the need to impose strict control over water pools, emphasizing the need to fence these pools and place rescue ladders next to them. ‘them. The move, according to human rights activists, has become urgent after the increase in cases of drownings which have caused the loss of many innocent lives in recent years.
This tragic accident once again raises the question of safety in agricultural areas, where certain agricultural practices and agricultural equipment are part of the imminent danger that threatens the lives of workers and citizens. As investigations into this incident continue, it is hoped that urgent action will be taken to reduce this type of tragedy, which is becoming alarmingly widespread in the region.
