After years of darkness due to terrorism ... Eastern Ghouta comes to light

Rural Damascus - SANA

After the heroes of the Syrian Arab Army achieved victory over terrorism in Eastern Ghouta, workers of the Electricity Company continued to fulfill their duty to restore light to those areas after the darkness of terrorism, to illuminate its paths that were teeming with movement and production before the war.

Despite the cold weather and difficult working conditions, a smile is on the face of Bassam Al-Marjah and Samir Al-Dirani, emergency workers in Kafr Batna's electricity, as they repair high and low voltage lines to deliver the electrical current to the townspeople, pointing to the sabotage and destruction that the electrical network has suffered as a result of attacks by terrorist groups. Armed on the sector.

The worker, Bassam Al-Marjeh, explained to the representative of SANA that he and his friend throughout the war period were repairing the electrical current in Kafr Batna and Jisreen, while Dirani explained that their work is difficult and difficult because the network is always subjected to frequent interruptions due to the increased loads on the networks and the poor nutrition in that area.

Khalid al-Quwatli, mayor of Saqba municipality, recalled the pre-war period and the abundant services the town used to enjoy, especially electricity, noting that 56 transformers were present in the city before the war because it was a literal city and the main dependence of its residents on electricity, but these stations were sabotaged and with the liberation of the area at the hands of The heroes of the Syrian Arab Army Workshops began to rehabilitate the stations and light the town again.

The scene in Douma is not much different from its predecessor, as the effects of terrorism are evident everywhere, as the armed organizations cut wires, demolished towers, and stole cables, according to Nasreen Diab from the Douma Electricity Department, which indicated that before the war there were no complaints from the people, pointing to the great efforts made by them. The government to return the electrical system to its previous state.

In order to find out the reality of work in the transfer stations, SANA met a number of managers who continued their work and did not leave their places and preserved the equipment and equipment despite their continuous exposure to danger, as the head of the Saqba transfer station, Abdel Aziz Al-Narji, tells that he and his companions stayed with the station despite the great threats that afflicted them from armed terrorist gangs He explained that he secured the entrances to the station, strengthened its doors, and transferred the 44 savings “batteries” for operation to his home from 2012 until the liberation of the region in 2018.

Al-Narji referred to the rehabilitation and maintenance of the Saqba station that feeds Saqba, Arbin, Zamalek, Hammuriya, Kafr Batna, Jisreen and Aftris, and its maintenance and checking its savings to ensure its effectiveness and readiness to work, pointing out that they have two transformers with a capacity of 20 megawatts and need two transformers with a capacity of 30 megawatts to meet the increasing demand for energy.

In the station, which reached about 90% of the damage, according to the station chief, Mahmoud Seriol, and after its liberation, work was done to repair the station and the cells, as one out of three cells was qualified and returned to work with the efforts of electricity workers.

During the years of the war, workers of power stations in Eastern Ghouta faced great suffering in reaching their workplaces, which was mentioned by the worker, Dameiriya Friday, saying ... we used to walk daily more than four kilometers to reach the station to feed the areas of ... Al-Assad Suburb, Saydnaya, Al-Wafidin Camp and Al-Assad Mill.

Al-Qaboun Station 3, which is considered one of the most recent stations in Syria, according to Khaled Pharaon, head of the station, as it was put into service in 2006, and it has four transformers and its maximum capacity is 500 megawatts now. It only feeds the exits close to it, the five and the Irbin area, explaining that the completion rate in the station has reached 90 percent The external transformers were replaced and a new high-voltage cables and antenna network were installed.

Throughout the years of the war, the Ministry's working energies were mobilized to preserve what was left and to rehabilitate the destroyer of its stations, as the Director of the Transport and Distribution Corporation, Engineer Fawaz Al-Zahir, explained that after the defeat of the armed terrorist gangs, the ministry began to count the damages and set up a plan for the rehabilitation and rehabilitation, as 4 transfer stations were secured in Saqba and Douma. 1, 2, and Adra 1. A station was equipped in Hussainiya and another in Sayeda Zeinab. Several transfer centers have been set up in service in Nashabiyeh, Heijana, Saqba, Arbin, Deir Qanun and Qudsaya, and there is a plan in the future to rehabilitate all components of the network.

Sakina Muhammad