Daraya .. Deporting rubble, cleaning streets, and rehabilitating homes, shops and basic services

Damascus-Sana countryside

When you enter the city of Daraya in the countryside of Damascus, your attention is drawn to the volume of work carried out in it, which includes the various service sectors, to restore the city to its place that was distinguished before its destruction by terrorist organizations.

Daria looks like a real workshop through the removal of rubble, cleaning the streets, rehabilitating homes, restaurants, and shops, some of which have returned to work, and have varied between building materials, vegetables, foodstuffs, and household items, whose owners were keen to restore life to their city within a short time.

The head of the municipal council in Daraya Marwan Obaid explained to the delegate of Sana, who visited the city and learned about what was accomplished in it, that work began since the return of security and stability to it, noting that the process of deporting the rubble was started more than a year ago and is still continuing until now as a result of the increasing rubble resulting from the rehabilitation of houses.

Obaid pointed out that all the people who own homes in Daraya and need rehabilitation are notified to carry out the rubble of their homes before the end of this month because after this date the rubble will be removed at the expense of the homeowners.

Osama Sheikh Ali, who is currently responsible for the rubble removal project, indicated that the signed contract with the governorate lasted 45 days within the first box and was started about 15 days ago, where 700 cubic meters per day are posted in special dump sites outside Daraya, stressing that within less than half a month the project will be Achieved, knowing that there are other contracts for the removal of rubble in other neighborhoods of Daraya.

Concerning other service sectors, the head of the Municipal Council stressed that the electricity situation in Daraya is improving, but during this period there is legalization as a result of pressure on the network, pointing out that recently two conversion centers were installed, and the number of centers reaches 10, noting that the city needs 15 centers to meet the needs of the people The population of 1300 families includes about 6500 people.

Sewerage networks, part of which has been accomplished according to Obaid, who pointed out that there is another project through which all the rigs will be maintained and isolated and the necessary allocation has been allocated to it and will soon be carried out while the water network is witnessing major leaks because of the presence of rubble for this there is a follow-up to repair and maintenance and work is continued Gradually to serve all neighborhoods and deliver water to them, knowing that there are tanks serving homes that do not have access to water.

On the phone, the council president confirmed that an optical cable had been extended from Sahnaya to the Daraya divider with a capacity of 8,000 lines as a first stage and during the first months of this year the Daraya divider will be in service in addition to the opening of a bakery at the end of the year 2019 with a production capacity of 5 tons per day covering Daria and the surrounding areas Such as color, humic and dahdal, and the amount is sought to increase to 10 tons.

The topic of asphalting and rehabilitating the streets will be after the completion of the maintenance and extension of sewage, water and telephone networks in most of the city's districts, while at the present time some maintenance is carried out on the streets and the filling of potholes, according to Obaid, which indicates that Daria has 20 services serving the people from under the President’s Bridge to the city and Busan For internal transportation, there are demands to increase the number to 6 buses.

According to Ubaid, the police building and the dispensary that provides medical and health services to the people have been rehabilitated with the mobile clinic at the entrance to Daraya, knowing that 60 percent of government facilities are ready, indicating that the buildings of real estate interests and the civil registry will be put into service soon after the internet is connected to the city.

Citizens who returned to Daraya and resumed their lives considered that the city is witnessing a work movement, where Mounir Al-Masry indicated that there is follow-up and participation between the local council and the people to complete all the deficiencies, while Ali Hijazi confirmed that he returned with his family to Daraya and started rehabilitating their house.

Zahraa Sorour, a student who returned to Daraya with her family before the opening of the schools, confirmed that they helped rehabilitate their destroyed house, where they settled, and returned to study with her brothers, pointing to the improvement of the living requirements gradually.

Mahmoud Kassah pointed out that he returned three years ago and the situation became better, but he demanded more support so that they can do more work.

According to the head of the Municipal Council, the number of shops that opened in the city reached 208 stores that vary between carpentry and blacksmithing, building materials, restaurants, vegetables and other requirements.

The owner of one of the newly opened restaurants Mahmoud Allawi confirmed that he returned about three years ago and started to carry out the rubble and rehabilitation, then opened a restaurant to sell plate and grills, pointing to the return of the activity of various professions and crafts to Daraya.

Currently, the main entrance to the city, which started days ago with a length of 1 km, is being rehabilitated in Daraya, while many service and development projects will be implemented during the 2020 plan because Daraya’s area is large and needs great efforts to restore economic and social prestige to it.

Ambassador of Ismail