Damascus countryside - Sana
The intensive and continuous efforts of the Municipal Council in cooperation with the civil society in the city of Irbeen contributed to the improvement of the service situation in the city, but the large population that returned to the city, which reached 60 thousand people and the magnitude of the devastation caused by terrorism requires more work and support to secure the requirements of the people.
Government institutions qualified and returned to work and began to return to life a number of trades that have been cut off from work for years as a result of terrorism, while work continues to revitalize the various sectors of the city.
Citizens interviewed by SANA considered that the services are still insufficient compared to the large population and there is a need for greater support as the city includes many economic facilities exporting food products and other works that require electricity, telephone, roads and others.
Mohammed Bassam al-Shibli, a resident of Irbin, said that "the service situation is gradually improving," stressing the need to expedite the dumping of the landfill from the environmental garden to reduce its negative effects on the environment.
Facilitator Baydoun said for his part that things have improved significantly with the return of the Syrian Arab army security and stability of the city and work is continuing by the various parties to provide services and upgrading, pointing out that the population of the city of Arbeen up to about 60 thousand people so it is necessary to increase the allocations of the bakery from Flour or restart one of the special ovens.
Wasim Al-Shibli and Yassin evaporator pointed out that the service situation is developing and the situation of electricity and water is better.
For his part, the head of the municipal council in Irbin, Engineer Rateb Shahrour, explained that the movement of work in Irbin has started since ridding the town of terrorism and many projects have been completed in cooperation with civil activities such as rehabilitation of the city square and most of the service institutions, pointing out that the water establishment qualified three wells to reach the number of working wells Rehabilitation of another 11 wells is underway. The General Establishment for Water and Sewerage is maintaining and repairing the lines in the damaged areas.
According to Shahrour, Arabs are facing disruptions in sewer lines due to sabotage caused by terrorist attacks and with the large number of people coming and returning to their homes, we have faced great bottlenecks in the network, which necessitates its full rehabilitation because the daily maintenance is insufficient.
Regarding hygiene, Shahrour said that the city needs great possibilities for the dumping of the existing landfill, which contains about 90 thousand cubic meters of garbage, it has only a compactor and a small car repaired by some companies while the daily cleaning and deportation with the help of the people, indicating that Irbin had 42 Mechanism for hygiene before the crisis.
He added that 25 thousand cubic meters of rubble were deported by one organization to Hafir area and 8300 cubic meters by another organization. As for the streets, Shahrour explained that a maintenance project for some of them was carried out with the help of the residents worth 8 million pounds, but the reality needs more work and work within the possibilities. .
According to Shahrour, six electricity transformers have been installed so far, which will feed only about 12 percent of the city.In the coming period, two transformers will be installed and there are promises to install another 12 transformers to cover the needs of residents, businesses, workshops and crafts.
Arbeen includes one bakery with a production capacity of 9 tons per day, which serves a large part of the Ghouta, according to the council chairman, who said that the city also includes two private bakery but closed, so we seek to increase the city's allocation of flour to meet the need.
As for the phone, Shahrour said that the exchange, which served Arabs in Zamalka, was rehabilitated and equipped with 57 thousand lines. Workshops started to extend the necessary cables to feed the city.
Munther Yaghi, head of the Arab Finance Department, said that since the return of life to the city, the government has been keen to reinstate government institutions to serve the citizens, including the financial department, which has recently been rehabilitated.
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