200 facilities return to work in Fadlun Industrial Zone in Sbeinah city in Damascus Countryside

Damascus Countryside, (ST)  – The joint efforts of economic bodies in Fadlun Industrial Zone and the local council in Sbeinah town in Damascus Countryside have resulted in the completion of more than 70 percent of the infrastructure destroyed by terrorism over the past years.

These efforts contributed to the return of 200 industrial facilities, including big, medium and small ones.

Head of the Sabinah Local Council, Mohammad Haitham Mansour, told SANA correspondent that Fadlun area included 600 industrial facilities in 2011, producing various types of chemical, wood, food, plastic and clothing industries.

After security returned to the area, services began to be provided, including electricity, water, communications, sewage and roads, as 10 big facilities and 40 medium ones returned to the city, while the rest varied between small and workshops.

Mansour stressed the role of economic and local activities and government support in rehabilitating the Fadlun zone through implementing several service projects, the most important of which have to do with sewage, electricity network maintenance, installing a number of electrical transformers and securing water.

Mansour pointed out that the area still needs to complete these projects, especially sewage, asphalting the remaining streets and lighting up, which needs to increase electricity supply.

Abdullah Fadlun, a representative of the local community in the industrial area, explained that the focus during the past five years was on rehabilitating industrial facilities and infrastructure, to enable all industrialists to return. He referred to the government’s support and the efforts of the local council in Sbeinah that enabled the area to rise again and start production.

Industrialists in Fadloun area confirmed in statements to SANA correspondent that the difficulties and obstacles did not prevent them from continuing to work. They expressed their keenness to restore the glory of this area whose production was marketed inside and outside Syria.

Industrialist Salem Jorani, who works in the field of production technology and manufacturing spare parts molds needed for factories and plants, spoke about the availability of services in Fadloun area such as communications, electricity, sewage and roads, in addition to the area’s closeness to Damascus.

Eng. Samer Sabinati, who is supervising the restoration work of one of the industrial facilities specializing in the design and manufacture of plastic molds, confirmed that despite the economic blockade on Syria and the difficulties, work is continuing to return the facility to production.

Raghda Sawas