No sector of activity escapes the galloping inflation. In Marrakech, regular hammam users are struggling to understand the reasons why prices have almost doubled, allegedly to cope with the high cost of wood.
Hammam owners want to participate in the water rationalization campaign launched by the government, by suggesting to now reduce the bathing time to one hour for men and one and a half hours for women.
The World Bank is expected to grant a $180 million loan to Morocco by the end of the month to support a program for the resilience and sustainability of irrigation water .
The World Bank wants to provide financing to Morocco to mitigate the effects of the drought . An important irrigation project is in the process of being approved by the institution’s board to address water scarcity.
Faced with the drought that is raging this year in Morocco, the government has decided to ban the cultivation of red watermelon , a fruit that would contribute greatly to the water stress observed in the southeast of the country.
54 Moroccan cities and villages will be affected by a terrible drought next summer , which will result in a lack of drinking water, according to forecasts from the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water (ONEE).
In Azbane Lagrinate, a village located 47 kilometers north of Marrakech, drought is pushing farmers to move to the cities. The kingdom is experiencing one of the worst droughts of the last 30 years, leaving Moroccan farmers with virtually no other alternative.
Morocco has sufficient reserves, particularly in soft wheat and milk. Fears of a shortage, fueled by the effects of the drought, have been dispelled by the government.
Despite the economic situation, the price of ordinary bread made from soft wheat flour will not increase and will be maintained at 1.20 DH per unit.
To address the problem of water scarcity threatening Morocco, the government has asked local authorities to take urgent measures to ensure rational management of available water resources.
The severe drought that has been raging for several months in Spain and Morocco would be due to the La Niña phenomenon.
Faced with lack of rain, the scarcity of water resources exacerbated by the overexploitation of groundwater, farmers and individuals in southern Morocco find themselves in a total impasse. Faced with the extremely low level of dams in this region, an SOS is being launched.