a terrifying scene that lasted four hours straight. Rescue of people who died
inside a well. It was not an ordinary well and they were not ordinary victims who were killed
by chance? It is a well to extract black coal. They are workers forced by poverty
to work there. Under arduous, dangerous and difficult working conditions. Coal mines
lions in the Moroccan Jerada. How the city's lifeline turned into a
a death artery. Why will this Moroccan city soon disappear? Death mines
story. The deadly black treasure city locust. Who visits a city
Jaradah for the first time could not have guessed how many
poverty and marginalization. But as soon as he touches the concerns of its inhabitants, he recognizes
a lot. They are almost destitute and have no hope of a decent life except by working in
black coal mines. Which is widespread in this region and called the
to you . Dozens of people have died because of their insistence on
to work in these random mines, despite being banned by
of the state since the nineties. But there is no alternative to this profession, not
left the city's youth with a choice, so they would take up this fraught profession , and
dangers this city suffers from. Even the name of the region was associated with this black wealth. She drew
a bleak picture of the city, whose name was turned into the city of the black bread.
an endangered city. Families in the city of Jerada know
Moroccans acted as having an extended tribal and popular character. Her life was a simple
dependence on livestock. Until a great fortune was discovered in it, he
the year one thousand nine hundred and twenty. Where he discovered the French colonial
coal in the city of a type that is considered one of the finest types of coal
stone world. At that time, the French had to supply mines
it is appropriate to extract this coal. Indeed, these mines caused the
a remarkable economic recovery, especially in terms of unemployment. As most
youth in these mines, which declared their need for many hands, had
in operation. But with the passage of time, specifically the year ninety-eight,
Nine hundred and thousand the Moroccan government issued a decision to close the company
extracting coal from the city's mines. The pretext was the depletion of coal and
and their price would drop in world markets. The decision immediately to
layoffs of more than five thousand workers who became unemployed. Her
that the beginning of a real nightmare in Jerada. The miners decided to continue
of exploration individually. Mines were in chaos. The extraction of these turned out
wealth into a random, dangerous profession. The state's abandonment of its control
and neglect of it led to its transformation from a lifeline to the city into death.
, especially after it decided to close the mines and ban work in them instead of controlling
again and watched. What caused a shift in the work of excavation
black coal into a black market. As workers resorted to work in this profession
under unfavorable working conditions. The mines are killing dozens of workers and
annually. Either they suffocate in tunnels or rocks collapse above them. to shrink
population of the Moroccan city of Jerada is more than fifty percent.
. Before the decision, the population was one hundred and seventeen thousand people. Then its inhabitants always retreated
in the year two thousand and four to one hundred and five thousand and arrived today to three
only forty thousand. Of course, not only because of death in the tunnels. Even a number
, a large emigrated from the city due to the lack of job opportunities. Make Moroccan destinations warn
and warns that Jaradah city is a candidate to be erased from the map due to the decrease in the
its growing population. Popular protests and government decisions. With each person
his life would end in one of the city's death mines. Graduation and popular protests
monitor . To demand the Moroccan government to find a solution for Alexandrians. The
name that the local residents on the mines. Which turned their city into
, is the city of black bread. Because they are forced to do this work so that
their families because of the lack of alternative work. This is what young people demand
in that city. For the government to take several decisions. promising citizens
creation of immediate job opportunities for more than two hundred and eighty people. and stern
five hundred million Moroccans do not die, which is equivalent to fifty-five million dollars in financing
a hundred projects in Jerada. In addition to launching a project to establish an industrial zone
in it. Despite all that it has gone through, the city of Jerada is trying to regain its glory
Old. Where it was known as the city of black gold. And seeks
to the expulsion of the specter of death and poverty that hangs over it. In my opinion
Will this city regain its glory?