New town of Chrafat: a waste that cost 1 billion dirhams

The “city” was launched in 2009 and is only in its start-up phase. Incidentally, Chrafat, near Tangier, has already absorbed more than 1 billion dirhams, while the overall budget is around 2.8 billion dirhams. The figures, reported by the daily Al Akhbar in its edition of Friday, December 20, are alarming. While it was supposed to accommodate 150,000 inhabitants, only 36 residents are currently settled there. In terms of achievements, we must count a meager balance sheet of 687 units completed. Barely 0.3% of the initially set objective. We are on a scale of value of a third of the budgeted investments swallowed up for a result almost zero… More