Rural Damascus - SANA
The great destruction and limited resources did not stand in the way of the local council in the town of Ein Tarma to restore services to the town that had been subjected to terrorism according to priorities, as the implementation of a project to replace the entire 4000-meter-long sewage line was recently completed.
At the beginning, with the entry of the workshops into the town after its liberation from terrorism, the work focused on opening roads, removing rubble, securing drinking water, rehabilitating schools to encourage the return of the people and restoring their homes, according to the head of the local council, Ahmed Ali, who indicated to the SANA delegate during her visit to the town that the percentage of destruction of the service infrastructure was great. What made the volume of work huge.
According to Ali, the maintenance of sewage lines was the basis for the return of the people who then began to return and began to rehabilitate their homes, pointing out that the eligible homes currently exceeded 800 homes and rehabilitation operations are still continuing in coordination with the Damascus Countryside Governorate. next month.
Ali pointed to the endeavor to improve the reality of public cleanliness and to secure the necessary mechanisms after the terrorist organizations destroyed and stolen the council’s mechanisms, which amounted to 20 mechanisms, indicating that the removal of garbage is carried out with one compressor, and there is cooperation with some neighboring local councils by implementing comprehensive cleaning days with the help of their mechanisms and workers.
Regarding electricity, Eng. Maha Houria from the Technical Office of the Municipality of Ain Tarma indicated that the poles and cables were severely damaged and burned, indicating that three transformers were installed at the beginning in coordination with the electricity in Damascus countryside, while the number of transmission centers currently reached 15 centers, which contributed to the increase of the number of residents returning to their homes from 15 thousand people to 70 thousand people.
On drinking water, she confirmed that 13 water pumps have been installed, and after the improvement of the electricity situation, the pumping will take place for longer hours, pointing to the purchase of transformers to pump drinking water for the people, and three licenses have been granted to distribute gas.
The school sector is one of the most important sectors that have been focused on because most of the schools were destroyed by terrorism, and in coordination with the Directorate of Education in Damascus Countryside, 4 schools were restored, accommodating 6 thousand students, according to the director of Amira Muhammad Al-Akhal School, who confirmed to SANA’s delegate that the educational reality has gone through difficult circumstances as a result of the war. However, after the liberation, the teaching situation improved, expressing its hope to accelerate the completion of the rehabilitation of the rest of the schools and increase the number of teaching and educational staff to alleviate the pressure of students in the classroom.
Citizens praised the efforts made by all parties to restore life to normal in Ein Tarma, as citizen Ahmed Shaban pointed out that the service conditions in Ein Tarma began to gradually improve immediately after its liberation, but he demanded more support for the sanitation sector.
Zainab Abdel Raouf explained that after the town was liberated by the Syrian Arab Army and the provision of security and safety, roads were opened, garbage and landfills were removed, and schools opened, hoping to improve the electricity and water conditions.
The municipality implemented many services, but Ain Tarma still needs a lot of support to remove the entire destruction, relocate it, re-asphalt and pave the roads, according to citizen Muhammad Juha.
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