Tangier: cracks that cause concern

Despite reports and cries of distress, local authorities have still not taken measures to protect the people of Tangier from a building that is threatening to collapse on Roudani Square, known as “Nejma Square”.

Serious cracks, significant deterioration, cracks… A residential building dating from the time of the Tangier International Zone located on Roudani Square is in danger of collapsing. While the building is in danger, local authorities continue to issue housing certificates to residents, without taking into consideration its dangerousness, we learned. According to some sources, local authorities have already received warnings of the imminent danger, due to the presence of several similar cases in several sites in the city center, such as a building on Rue de la Liberté, other buildings on Place Massira, as well as a building opposite a telecommunications agency on Boulevard Pasteur, but nothing has been done so far, explains Al-AkhbarWorse, the services of the municipality of Tangier have not yet registered this building among the buildings threatened with collapse in the city, nor carried out an exhaustive census of the houses at risk, as well as the neighborhoods suffering from a high level of humidity.