Electricity Returning Gradually to “ al-Qatirji” Industrial Zone in Aleppo
Aleppo has witnessed large-scale destruction and damage caused to its industrial facilities by the terrorists organizations as thousands of factories and industrial plants were destroyed or looted, its heavy machinery including some of the largest textile plants in the region were dismantled and smuggled outside Syria. The General Company for Electricity in Aleppo governorate started generating the “al-Qatirji” industrial area with electricity after 8 years, due to systematic destruction and vandalism caused by the terrorists organizations there.
“ Al-Qatirji” industrial zone, which is located in the east of Aleppo, had included before the crisis about three thousand industrial and craft facilities.
A source at Aleppo Power Company told the Syrian “Al-Watan online” newspaper that as electricity is a major factor for economic development in Aleppo the company intends to place 7 transformative centers in “al-Qatirji” industrial zone.
The source stressed the company’s measures in “ al-Qatirji” zone aim at supporting and developing the production wheel there due to its key role in supporting the national economy, meeting the needs of industrialists and craftsmen for electricity to operate their facilities , reducing production costs , encouraging owners of facilities to return to their facilities re-launching production and providing new job opportunities.
Head of the Federation of Syrian Chambers of Industry and Head of the Aleppo Chamber of Industry, Faris al-Shihabi, had met “Al-Qatirji” industrialists, and others from the rest of the industrial areas, on the 7th of March and listened to their demands.
Al-Shihabi told the industrialists, during the meeting, the government allocated in its last meeting SYP 500 million to rehabilitate the electricity network and centers in “ “al-Qatirji” Industrial area..
He drew attention to the measures of following-up adopted by the board of directors of the Aleppo Chamber of Industry and the committees of the industrial zones of the work policy with those involved in Aleppo Electricity to implement the required actions as quick as possible and solve the problems of industrialists…
Rawaa Ghanam