This is a key route for reaching the affected populations with various forms of aid, initially delivered by air, using helicopters from the Royal Armed Forces (FAR) in particular, given the inaccessibility of the area by land.
From the first hours following this earthquake, significant human and logistical resources were mobilized in the province of Al Haouz in order to reopen to traffic all the road sections closed due to landslides and rockfalls in this mountainous area which is difficult to access and which seriously hampered the arrival of aid and rescue teams to the areas affected by this earthquake, particularly the region of Ighil.
The provincial director of Equipment, Transport and Logistics, Hicham Frindi, announced in this regard that the commune of Ighil and the surrounding villages are now accessible and open.
And to continue, in a statement to MAP, that the heavy traffic on this road axis constitutes “a major obstacle” for the intervention teams, calling on road users to exercise vigilance and caution and to use this road only in cases of emergency in order to allow the intervention teams to carry out their mission in the best possible conditions.
He indicated that the ministry has mobilized for this purpose nearly 60 machines in the province of Al Haouz, as well as significant human resources, namely executives, technicians and machine drivers, in addition to developing a program in coordination with the provincial authorities to intervene on rural roads in the municipalities and the mobilization of the necessary machines.
He specified that the interventions of the teams of the Ministry of Equipment and Water allowed the reopening of the national road N 7 linking Tahanaout to Taroudant and of the Provincial Road 2036 at the level of the Azekour-Anemerou (8 Km) and RP 2007-Ighil (8 Km) sections.
The official added that the RP 2017 between Marrakech and Oukaimden over 15 km, the RP 2030 between Aghbalou and Oukaimden over 30 km, the RP 2015 between Asni and Imlil over 15 km, the RP 2009 between Amezmiz and Adassil over 37 km and the RP 2024 between Moulay Brahim and Asni over 4 km were also reopened.
Mr. Frindi said that the intervention teams are continuing the rock clearing operations on the roads, stressing that efforts are also continuing to reopen all the roads in order to ensure the safety of users.
2024-08-19 03:07:56