Authorities Ban Swimming in 188 beaches due to Pollution

Ministry of Tourism prevented this season swimming in 188 Beaches in 14 wilayas, due to contamination and danger on citizens, at a time Echorouk sources said, the government rejected a request made ​​by the Minister of Tourism, for conversion of managing and exploiting the beaches from the municipalities to the Ministry of Tourism, although the law is clear and gives the right of exploiting the beaches to the municipalities.

Jijel (east of Algeria) ranks top of the wilayas where the largest map of beaches banned from swimming is identified, and where authorities banned swimming across 29 beaches out of 50 beaches because of the lack of security, while Algiers ranked second in terms of beaches banned from swimming (16 beaches) because of ‭ ‬ pollution and the non validity of their waters.

These shores banned from swimming out of 552 beaches, extend along 1,600 km, which means that the number of beaches where swimming is allowed reach 364 beaches at the national level, a figure that, although improved, compared to last season, but 188 polluted and dangerous beaches, deprived ‭hundreds of ‭Algerians from enjoying the long coast , 1600 ‭km, ‭so Algerians are forced ‭to swim in ‭ponds ‭and swamps, and even in the banned beaches‭. ‬