فاس نيوز ميديا جريدة الكترونية جهوية تعنى بشؤون و أخبار جهة فاس مكناس – متجددة على مدار الساعة
TAOUNATE – It is easy to tell a citizen to “be patient,” but it is difficult to truly feel their daily suffering, their pain and sorrow that renews with each new day. This is especially true if you are an official whose home is supplied with water flowing from every tap and faucet. This story is not unfamiliar to the residents of the Tabouda commune in the Taounate province and the surrounding villages, where the water crisis is no longer a seasonal problem, but has become a deep-seated wound that deepens year after year.
While some villages have public fountains, even if they are far from residents’ homes, other villages remain completely excluded from connection to the drinking water network. This is happening at a time when news broadcasts are filled with reports of drinking water reaching all villages in Morocco, creating a stark contrast with the bitter reality lived by the people of Tabouda.
The promises of officials and elected representatives have always been rosy and embellished, accompanied by resounding statements and speeches affirming that “the water crisis is on its way to being resolved.” But the reality on the ground says the opposite; everything is nothing more than ink on paper, and the citizen continues to drink from the same cup of suffering.
The daily scene in Tabouda paints harsh pictures: women walking two or three kilometers to get a “jerrycan of water,” children waiting in long queues for their turn at the fountains, and the elderly feeling humiliated in their own country, deprived of the most basic right to a dignified life.
Today, with temperatures soaring to 40 degrees Celsius, the crisis has become more choking than ever before. The residents of the area no longer demand jobs, massive projects, or flashy slogans; all they seek is an immediate and swift solution to find the water that quenches their thirst and that of their children and livestock.
Amidst this tragic scene, a special message emerges for our esteemed teachers, as we are on the verge of the new school year: Do not ask the students, “How did you spend your vacation?”… The answer will be painful: They were searching for a drop of water, not for a trip, a beach, or a summer camp.
The crisis in Tabouda is not just a passing news item; it is a model for many areas in the Taounate province. It is a deep and profound social wound that needs true journalism and journalists to amplify the voice of the people, and political courage from elected representatives to bring about a solution… before thirst turns into a humanitarian catastrophe that everyone falls silent over.
From the page: Asrar Taounate (Adapted)
From the website: Fes News
