Morocco: sit-ins against thirst

The inhabitants of Tazroute, near Larache, are at their wit’s end. For months, they have been suffering repeated and prolonged cuts in their drinking water, disrupting their daily lives and those of the pilgrims who go to the shrine of Moulay Abdessalam. Faced with this situation, which they consider intolerable, they have decided to organize an open sit-in starting tomorrow.

“This is a real politics of thirst,” denounce the demonstrators toAlyaoum24They point the finger at the provincial director of the National Water Office in Larache, whom they hold “fully responsible” for this crisis. The residents are calling on the provincial governor to intervene urgently to find sustainable solutions.