AANES official calls on Coalition to pressure Turkey for Alouk water station
HASAKAH, Syria (North Press) – During a meeting with the US-led Global Coalition in the city of Hasakah, northern Syria, on Tuesday, an official at the Hasakah Water Directorate called for the need to pressure Turkey to restore the water supply of the Alouk station to Hasakah and its countryside.
“Today, a delegation of the civil affairs of the Global Coalition met with Arab tribal sheikhs in Hasakah,” Sozdar Ahmed, the co-chair of the Water Directorate in Hasakah, said.
Ahmed told North Press that they demanded the Global Coalition to pressure Turkey to operate the Alouk water station which is under the control of Turkey and the armed factions affiliated with it in the countryside of Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain), north of Hasakah.
The Coalition delegation met with Fawaz al-Zoba’, sheikh of the al-Jebour clan, Abdullah al-Kendar, member of the notables in the Hasakah Region, Sozdar Ahmed, the co-chair of the Drinking Water Directorate, and Majida Amin, the co-chair of the Municipalities and Environment Committee in the Hasakah Region.
The Coalition’s delegation was briefed on the mechanism of dealing with various water sources, which requires examination to determine the suitability of this water for human uses.
Ahmed indicated that the meeting focused on the clan elders and dignitaries to urge the residents of the necessity of moderate use of water and treat it with sterile materials.
On June 24, the Turkish forces stopped the station and have not restarted it yet.
The Turkish forces and the armed opposition factions suspended the operation of the Alouk station 15 times after they invaded Sere Kaniye (Ras al-Ain) in October 2019.
Yesterday, the co-chair of the Energy Office in the Jazira Region, Ziyad Rostom, revealed indirect negotiations with Turkey under Russian auspices to restart the Alouk water station.
He said that the Russian forces operating in northeastern Syria are moving between the two parties, without any direct meeting or reaching any result so far.
Rostom, who is member of the Autonomous Administration’s negotiating delegation, told North Press that the Turkish forces are demanding 25 megawatts of electricity from Tishreen Dam for 6 hours per day and 8 megawatts from Derbasiya station around the clock.
While the Autonomous Administration delegation is demanding the operation of 20 wells and 4 pumps at the Alouk station to ensure that water reaches Hasakah and its countryside, according to the official.
The residents of Hasakah and its countryside depend on unsterilized wells of water through tankers, which negatively affected the health of the residents due to the polluted water.
Al-Aziziya Hospital in the city has recorded more than a thousand cases of diarrhea, skin diseases and internal infections since Turkey cut off the water of the Alouk station to Hasakah and its countryside about twenty days ago, according to medical sources from the hospital.