The director of the al-Qariatein settlement, Jihad al-Sharari, told "Sham": the destruction of houses is delaying the return of residents, and the restoration of wells and service networks is a priority.
Details: The director of the local council in the city of Al-Qariatein, Jihad Al-Sharari, reviewed in an interview with the "Sham News" network the service challenges and prominent projects required in the city, while the media activist Kipa Zarir discussed the consequences of the war, the displacement and the difficulties of returning families. Alsharari explained that the housing problem is at the top of the obstacles facing the returnees, indicating that most of the houses were destroyed by the previous regime, while the remaining houses were subject to vandalism and the theft of doors, windows and sanitary facilities. He noted that so far about five thousand families have returned, while other families cannot return due to a lack of housing and work opportunities, and emphasized the need to clear the ruins and provide compensation to the victims if possible. He pointed out that the water situation requires improvement, especially in the southern region, calling for the digging of a well and the construction of a reservoir in Wadi Alain and the expansion of the network to include locations outside the organizational plan. He pointed to the urgent need to restore agricultural wells that irrigated 3,200 dunams and covered about 60% of the families' daily needs as a basic economic resource. He stated that the electricity sector needs to increase the capacity of some transformers, secure aluminum wires and extend new lines to meet the growing needs of the city. He emphasized the need to maintain the sewer network and establish new lines between 40 and 50 km long, and emphasized the need to implement them before the construction of the roads to avoid digging them up again. Identify essential facilities awaiting restoration and operation, most notably the automatic furnace, the vocational high school for industry, the commercial bank, the post office and the cultural center, in addition to the need to ratify the city's organizational plan. Al-Sharari proposed projects to provide employment opportunities and stimulate the local economy, including the establishment of glass and cement factories to supply their raw materials, in addition to the construction of water dams to harvest water and support agriculture. for more