Reviving craft areas in Homs participates in economic and social development

Homs, (ST) – Reviving craft areas in Homs participates in economic and social development by securing job opportunities for a large number of the governorate’s residents and providing various services and products.

Eng. Ahmed Habib, Director of Industrial and Craft Zones in Homs Governorate, said to SANA’s reporter that, since 2017, a number of craft areas were identified, including the craft area in Talbiseh, which was modified to become 16 hectares (building space), indicating that most of the crafts which were in Talbiseh will be transferred to the craft area.

Habib indicated that, the roads that were dug last year in the craft area of Talkalakh, covers an area of 30 hectares, with a contract value amounting to 92 million Syrian pounds, and that the sanitation project has been contracted for 192 million  Syrian pounds.

The craft area of Deir Baalba in Homs, which extends over an area of 13 dunums, is a development project that provides suitable working conditions for craftsmen and includes 823 crafts shops, 40 of which are affiliated with the city council of Homs, Habib added.

Currently, the governorate of Homs includes 22 sites of craft areas.

Raghda Sawas

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