Cabinet: 50% of Aleppo’s water needs secured, efforts continue to provide water and power elsewhere

Damascus – Prime Minister Wael al-Halaqi vowed to employ all the efforts to secure new water sources for Aleppo city through digging wells and sending water tankers.

Speaking during a Cabinet session held on Tuesday to discuss a number of services-related issues, al-Halaqi stressed that 50 % of Aleppo’s water needs has been secured so far.

He referred also to the efforts being exerted to provide the residents of the eastern Deir Ezzor province with the basic food items and services.

As far as the general situation of water and electricity across the country is concerned, Deputy Prime Minister for Services Affairs, Local Administration Minister Omar Ghalawanji reviewed the effects of the repeated terrorist attacks against oil fields and power transmission lines in various areas that have caused water shortages and major power outages.

The government is doing everything in its power to tackle these problems and will continue efforts to rehabilitate all related facilities until having the rationing hours of electricity and water consumption reduced, said the Premier.

Afterwards, the Cabinet announced taking the necessary procedures to complete the approval of the two draft laws on establishing a commission for developing small and medium-sized projects and another commission for supporting and developing domestic production and exports.

The Cabinet also discussed a draft law on Syria’s consent to join the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) and has taken the required measures for its approval.

SANA