Turkish-backed council in Syria’s Afrin raises water price
AFRIN, Syria (North Press) – Local council in the city of Afrin, affiliated with Turkey, in northwest Syria, raised on Friday the price of water subscription from 90 Turkish Lira (TL) (about $5) to 200TL (about $10), and forced residents to buy water meters.
A local source told North Press that the council forced the residents within the neighborhoods of the city to buy water meters on their own expense.
Afrin’s residents depend on Midanki Lake, as a source of water, especially after the high prices of water tanks.
The average of water usage monthly for each family is about 450 TL (about $22), according to the source.
The company claimed that it performs constant maintenance operations for pumping centers amid large consuming of electricity.
In October 2022, the company raised the water price from 20 to 90 TL.
Afrin, a Kurdish city in the north of Aleppo, has been under the control of Turkey since March 2018 following a military operation called “Olive Branch” which resulted in the displacement of about 300.000 people of the original inhabitants of the city and its countryside.