Reinvesting railways to transport grain to Homs silos saves hundreds of millions of lira

Homs-Sana

Grain shipping on trains provides significant revenues of hundreds of millions of lira, as well as road safety and mitigation of environmental pollution.

Dr. Mohammed Al-Ashefa, Assistant Director of the branch of the General Organization of Railways in Homs, pointed to the SANA economic bulletin to rehabilitate the railway branch from point 6 km beside the Homs refinery to the silos of Homs unit and Ibn Al-Walid mill with a length of 18 km with national expertise in the branch of the institution after it stopped the beginning of the crisis as a result of terrorist acts. .

It is worth mentioning that the rehabilitation and maintenance of the railway started last July and lasted until October in two phases from the point of 6 km next to the Homs refinery to Snissel station and from there to the silos of Homs unit and Ibn Al Walid mill through the industrial zone and the large house at a cost of about 242 million pounds. The construction of 115 wooden beams and 25 metal rods, pointing to the automatic maintenance of the damaged places at the end of the implementation of all works to evaluate the path and correct it in a final step of the project of railway branch and put them in the actual investment.

In turn, Eng. Nidal Al-Qouja, director of the Syrian branch of grain in Homs, said in a similar statement that putting the aforementioned railway branch under investment provides for the transfer of about two thousand tons per day of grain, which is equivalent to one thousand tons per year. Since 2017, it has reduced shipping costs, reduced time and saved 300,000 liters of diesel fuel in addition to preserving roads and the environment.Almost 200,000 tons of grain has been transported since its inception, which was shipped by automobile.

It is noteworthy that 300 tons were transported as a first batch of grain through the branch of the Homs silo unit when it was launched two days ago.

Tammam Al-Hassan

SANA Economic Bulletin

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