More than 477 craft shops in the industrial zone in of Al-Tal

Damascus (ST) – Since 2001, the industrial zone in Al-Tal city in the province of Damascus has been home to more than 477 craft shops, the products of which vary between furniture of all kind, wooden and aluminum carpentry, car lathes, and other crafts that have characterized Al-Tal over decades.

According to the director of Industrial Zone, Mohsen Othman, privatization processes in the region began in 2002, and gradually expanded over the past years, and during 2018, shops were allocated for traditional and oriental crafts that the city excelled in, indicating that the area of the region is approx. 33 thousand square meters on which 16 blocks are located.

He stressed that the number of shops dedicated to craftsmen reaches 350 shops and 127 workshops, pointing out that 95 percent of the professions and crafts spread spread in most of the industrial area.

Craftsmen and industrialists affirmed that this industrial zone is among the pioneering areas in the Damascus countryside governorate, for it embraced most of the industrialists and craftsmen who were scattered in the city and provided them with all the services necessary to continue their work.

Head of the local council in al-Tal, Samer Al-Ahmar, stressed that the council provided all services to industrialists, such as electricity exempt from rationing, street lighting, sanitation, periodic hygiene, and means of transportation for employees, indicating that the council is ready to provide any service needed by the industrialists.

Najla Khoury

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