SEBOU II DEVELOPMENT

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The Second Sebou Irrigation Project for Morocco consists of: (a) construction of earth flood protection dikes and ancillary works to protect the 35,200 ha being developed for irrigated agriculture under the Rharb-Sebou Irrigation Project and to confine flood overspill from the Sebou river to three flood escape channels; resettlement of families now living in the channels; (b) strengthening of roads and railway tracks in the flood escape channels to prevent during floods; (c) surveys, design and supervision of construction of the flood protection works; (d) the construction of a sugarcane factory at Mechra bel Ksiri; (e) a study of existing industrial pollution of the lower Sebou river and, if justified by such study, construction of an effluent treatment plant to prevent pollution of the Sebou river; (f) improvements to about 100 km of primary and secondary roads, bituminous surfacing of about 100 km of tertiary and unclassified access roads and construction of a new bridge over the Sebou river at Mechra Bel Ksiri; (g) improvement of about 230 km of tertiary and unclassified access roads; (h) procurement of equipment for road maintenance; (i) a study of Bilharzia infestation in the Rharb plain and the possibility for its eradication; and (j) training.