Because it has been subjected to constant neglect, despite the presence of cracks

In 1998, the first cracks were observed in the two Derna dams, which collapsed and caused floods that destroyed parts of the city located in eastern Libya. The two dams were also subject to neglect over the past decades, according to several reports and studies.

During the storm "Daniel" that struck eastern Libya last Sunday, the pressure of water flowing as a result of heavy rain caused the collapse of the first dam, which is the Boumansour Dam with a capacity of 22.5 million cubic meters, located 13 kilometers from Derna, and large quantities of water flowed from it, sweeping the second dam. The country has a capacity of 1.5 million cubic meters, which is located just one kilometer from the coastal city.

The two dams were built by a Yugoslav company in the 1970s, and they usually held back floodwaters in the valley that cuts through the middle of Derna.

In 1998, the first cracks were observed in the two Derna dams, which collapsed and caused floods that destroyed parts of the city located in eastern Libya. The two dams were also subject to neglect over the past decades, according to several reports and studies.

During the storm "Daniel" that struck eastern Libya, the pressure of water flowing as a result of heavy rains caused the collapse of the first dam, which was the Boumansour Dam with a capacity of 22.5 million cubic meters, located 13 kilometers from Derna, and large quantities of water flowed from it, sweeping the second dam, the country's dam, with a capacity of 1.5 million cubic metres. million cubic metres, which is located just one kilometer from the coastal city.

The two dams were built by a Yugoslav company in the 1970s, and they usually held back floodwaters in the valley that cuts through the middle of Derna.

After the first cracks appeared in 1998, the Libyan authorities commissioned an Italian consulting company to assess the damage to the two dams. The company then confirmed the presence of cracks and even recommended building a third dam to protect the city, according to Libyan Attorney General Al-Siddiq Al-Sur.

In 2007, the regime of the late Colonel Muammar Gaddafi commissioned a Turkish company to carry out repair work in the two dams.

Due to the lack of funds, the company began its work in October 2010, before stopping less than 5 months later, following the 2011 revolution that overthrew Gaddafi.

Since then, each year's budget has been allocated to repair the two dams, but none of the successive governments have begun work.

In a report published in 2021, the Libyan Audit Bureau spoke of the “procrastination” of the relevant ministry in resuming work in Sadi Derna.

In a study conducted in November 2022, Libyan engineer and academic Abdel-Wanis Ashour warned of a disaster threatening Derna if the authorities did not maintain the two dams, and despite the warning, no maintenance work was carried out.

There is some negligence in the work of the Ministry of Water Resources of each country and the failure to maintain the infrastructure necessary to resist dam collapses, which facilitated the occurrence of the disaster that occurred in Libya and Morocco.

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