A new face of the “factory of death” in Deir Ammar

The Deir Ammar power generation plant leaves Miniyeh and its surroundings nothing but death and tragedy, while the people of the region do not see an impact of electricity with the decrease in power hours. The resulting pollution of the plant, which caused a large increase in cancer cases among the population of the region, damage to agricultural crops and oil spills as a result of the discharge of loads of diesel and fuel, are some of the many aspects of the death of the plant. The death of the first qualifier in the Army Command Regiment, Ibrahim Malas, last week revealed a new face caused by technical negligence in Deir Ammar’s operation.

Malas (37 years old and father of four), one of the most skilled divers in the army, used to dive off the coast of Minya when he was swept away by a stream of water from the dewatering process in Deir Ammar’s laboratory before be “swallowed” by a pipe. According to the information, there are two huge “pipes” that extend towards the sea and serve to cool the steam groups in the factory, and one of them broke after the accumulation of waste inside and closed its mouth due to the suction operations to cool the laboratory transformers. Primesouth, which operates and maintains the plant (with a $ 360 million five-year contract), had to clean it up by injecting it with water and chemicals. However, to save costs, he resorted to opening one of the “culverts” (large openings in the back of the pipes used in maintenance and cleaning operations) that are not more than 150 meters from the shore, to compensate for the lack of water extracted by the beak.

The operating company resorted to a dangerous solution to save costs!

This was done without any warning signs being placed at the site, despite the fact that, according to specialized engineers, the amount of water drawn off by suction is very large and parallels the water of a flowing river, as a result of removing the filters. that reduce pressure. The water pressure “pulled” Malas, who was hanging in the network of craters until his death, and his body was not recovered until Saturday morning, after the company was forced to completely extinguish the factory, to that army naval personnel could remove his body. Please note that Al Manahil is still open until now. Al-Akhbar learned that the victim’s family is about to “file a lawsuit against the operating company and anyone who appears in the investigation as a participant or actor or intentionally or unintentionally causing the negligence process” that led to the death of his son.
It should be noted that the residents of the affected areas recently sought to force the operating company to install filters to purify the smoke emitted by the plant and change the quality of the fuel and diesel used to reduce pollution and smoke that caused damage to almond and olive trees. , as well as its effects on health. However, none of these demands were met.

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