The water crisis in the eastern suburbs of Damascus is a major catastrophe for residents in light of the spread of the Coronavirus, that requires cleaning and sterilizing homes and clothes and washing hands constantly, which the shortage hinders.
The Syrian regime is not doing anything to fix the issue and repair the damaged supply lines, even with the complaints the municipalities and authorities have been receiving, residents say.
Abu Mohamed al-Shami, a resident from Hazzeh suburb, said the difficult situation in which he found himself needing to fill his tank twice a week, with a monthly income that does not exceed ($46) 100,000 SYP.
Residents of Eastern Ghouta are using tanks to get their supply of water, which, with the poor financial and living conditions, cost around ($2.4) 5,000 SYP per 5,000 liters.
With the continuously uncontrolled plummeting Syrian pound, al-Shami adds that such expenses lead to extreme outcomes for the people who emerged from a 9-year war, only to struggle to secure their most basic rights and needs.
Despite being under the regime control since 2018, the eastern enclave of Damascus has and is still paying the price of revolt, with several areas suffering from cut in drinking water supply as well as the lack of basic services.
The fall of eastern Ghouta in April was achieved in a brutal fashion and changed the course of the war.
Yaman Sakka, 25, from Beit Sawa and the only breadwinner in his family, said that he could no longer meet all their needs with only 75,000 SYP/month, and that he was only able to get them water because his neighbor allowed him to use his well.
Since the outbreak of the Syrian revolution in 2011 that left a half million people dead, Bashar al-Assad has been practicing every gruesome method to punish the rebel areas that demanded his overthrow.
It began by bombing, killing and arresting civilians to imposing siege and starving thousands of children, women, and elderly.
Zaman Al Wasl
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