Government accused of selling electricity to factories in Syria’s Hama
HAMA, Syria (North Press) – Residents from Salamiya in Syria’s Hama countryside accuse the Syrian government of selling their allocations of electricity to factories operating on the outskirts of the city.
Residents of Salamiya have been suffering from an electricity shortage for months, affecting their daily work.
Salamiya residents get an average of only four hours of electricity a day, a local source told North Press.
This took place because Hama Company of Electricity of the Syrian government sold electricity to factories on the Salamiya-Hama road, the source stated.
“Those factories in the neighboring villages, including Smagh and Kafat, have electricity all time, forgetting that Salamiyah is inhabited by half a million people,” the source added.
Salamiya contains a big industrial city where most works that need electricity have stopped, according to the source.
In a statement to the pro-government Watan Newspaper on Sunday, the General Director of Hama Company of Electricity Ahmad Youssef denied selling electricity to the factories.
He described what is being circulated as a ‘rumor,’ claiming that “there are certain facilities that follow the rationing system.”
“The city of Hama and its countryside have been witnessing severe electricity rationing of about 20 hours a day in turn for four hours of electricity, and unreasonable repetitive cutoffs,” the source confirmed.