Prime Minister Arnous reviews implementation of economic and investment projects in Lattakia

During his tour in Lattakia governorate, Prime Minister, Engineer Hussein Arnous, confirmed that a number of needs were noted, for which the necessary funds will be allocated to activate and implement the economic and investment projects.

The Prime Minister  and the government delegation visiting Lattakia met on Saturday with members of the People’s Assembly of the province, the executive office of the provincial council, directors of public administrations and heads of unions and organizations.

Eng. Arnous referred to the conditions that accompany government work and the difficulties and challenges experienced by Syrians who have been subjected to various forms of pressure and siege.

The participants in the meeting presented a set of demands in order to improve the service reality in the governorate.

The Premier referred to a number of important projects that are being implemented at the governorate level, including Lattakia power plant in Rastan with a capacity of 526 megawatts, projects to implement dams, and others that support improving the water supply.

Engineer Arnous pointed out that the government supports the trend to invest in alternative solar energy, noting that there are stations that will soon enter service which in turn will support the main network. We suffer from an electricity problem, and after our production ten years ago was about 9,000 megabytes, it does not currently exceed 2,350 megabytes, which is equivalent to a quarter of the production quantity, Eng. Arnous added.

He indicated that the government allocated the Ministry of Local Administration and Environment with an amount of 10 billion Syrian pounds in the framework of supporting its plan to supply internal transport buses, of which Lattakia Governorate will have a share.

The Prime Minister stressed the government’s keenness to employ most of the engineers in the public authorities.

In turn, the Minister of Oil and Mineral Resources, Engineer Bassam Toameh, stressed the need for a second governmental fuel station in Lattakia, and that work will be done to increase the number of pumps at the Shatie (Seashore)  station as a result of the increase in the number of people connected to it. He  pointed out that the ministry is currently contracting with octane fuel stations, a number of which will be allocated to the governorate.

The Minister of Water Resources, Eng. Tammam Ra’ad, pointed out that the ministry is taking a series of measures to improve the reality of drinking water and irrigation.

For his part, the Governor of Lattakia Ibrahim Khader Al-Salem presented the service situation in the governorate and the daily follow-up to identify the needs and find solutions to them. He indicated that the issue of drinking water is a priority for improving the water situation that was affected as a result of the decline of rain, the wear and age of networks, and the increase in the periods of electrical rationing.

Al-Salem called for securing credits to secure the return of the people of villages affected by terrorism and allocating the necessary funds to rehabilitate the infrastructure in them.

Inas Abdulkareem