After a break of nine years ... the first train carrying a thousand tons of wheat arrived from the port of Tartous to the Al-Sabinah silos - Video

Rural Damascus - SANA

After a forced interruption of nine years due to terrorism, the whistle of the first grain transport carrying 1,000 tons of wheat, coming from the port of Tartous to the Sabinah silos in Damascus countryside, rang today.

The Minister of Transport, Eng. Ali Hammoud, confirmed in a press statement that this step comes as a result of the efforts of the Syrian railway workers in preparing and rehabilitating the railway linking Homs and Damascus and connecting it to silos and mills in the countryside of Damascus, which facilitates the process of transporting grain by trains, saluting the heroes of the Syrian Arab Army who protected the silos. They planted security and stability along the railway line as well as the entire nation.

Hammoud explained that the arrival of the train loaded with a thousand tons of wheat from the port of Tartous to the silos of Al-Sabinah in the countryside of Damascus marks the resumption of transport and trains to and from Damascus, and the continuous re-operation of Lattakia, Tartous, Homs and Hassia, reaching Damascus via the railway.

Hammoud pointed out that the last stage of this work took place within one month only and with the cadres of workers in the Railways Corporation and the General Company for Railroad Construction, during which the railway line from Nasiriyah to Sabina was rehabilitated, which is a completion of the total maintenance of the line of 309 kilometers from the port of Tartous to silos. The Spina.

In turn, the Governor of Damascus Countryside, Eng. Alaa Ibrahim, explained that the operation of train transport ensures the import of large quantities of materials in various circumstances and at lower wages, indicating that today's train provided several truckloads in one trip, indicating that the process of repair and rehabilitation of the railways is an achievement that demonstrates the strength, courage and belonging of the workers. It coincides with the victories of the heroic Syrian Arab Army.

A number of workers confirmed to SANA that their work was continuing around the clock, day and night, during which they were able to overcome difficulties despite the hot weather conditions and the lack of technical equipment due to unilateral coercive economic measures, unfair siege and the extent of damage to the railway from theft, sabotage and destruction of long distances as a result of terrorist attacks .

The train journey departed from the port of Tartous this morning, loaded with the first batch of soft wheat, after rehabilitating sections of the railways that were subjected to sabotage, theft, and attacks by armed terrorist organizations.

The head of the extension workshop of the Syrian General Railways Company, the technical assistant, Ali Deeb, stressed the importance of the teamwork of the company’s cadres, which had a great and important role in rehabilitating the railways, as by concerting their efforts they proved their ability to overcome difficulties and that nothing is impossible with the solid and strong will of the Syrians.

While Nasr Al-Amouri, head of a department in the Fixed Establishments Department in Homs, explained that the unfair siege and coercive economic measures have led to the lack of machinery and equipment needed to complete the work, so the greater dependence on labor was, noting the tremendous efforts of railway workers that led to the completion of the task of maintaining and extending the railways and repairing sites Ruined and destroyed by terror.

The project manager at the General Company for the Construction of Syrian Railways, Eng. Yusuf Suleiman, confirmed that today's achievement has strategic importance in terms of supplying the capital's silos and its countryside with grains and transporting the fuel to the thermal stations, pointing out that the company's workers are fully prepared to complete the maintenance, rehabilitation and return of the production line as it was before.

 Bushra Barhoum and Ghossoub Abboud