For more than a week, there has been an interruption of drinking water supply in the towns of southern Damascus, which the Assad regime has been ignoring despite all the complaints.
The Damascus-based network Sawt al Asima confirmed that the interruption has continued for 8 days, with no solutions reached by the authorities who have been receiving numerous complaints from the people of the region submitted to the municipal councils.
The water supplied to the towns of Babila, Yalda and Beit Sahem through the main network, has been completely cut off from all neighborhoods, which forced people to buy it from water tankers at high prices.
The price of a barrel of water ranges between 1,000 and 1,500 SYP, with average families needing around 5 barrels daily, which brings the cost to more than 150 thousand SYP per month (around $300).
Dozens of complaints were submitted to the municipal councils over the past week to find an immediate solution to this vital issue.
The mayor if Yalda explained that the interruption of the supply on the main networks was due to diverting water lines to reserve tanks and distributing them to Jaramana, Dwaila and the surrounding areas, as a result of the shortage of drinking water in Damascus, and the usual lack of rainfall during this month, based on previous years.
The frequent interruptions to drinking water in various parts of Damascus and its countryside is one of the major problems that civilians have faced for years, with dozens of areas suffering the same issue often.
Zaman Al Wasl
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