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Many residents believe that the economic activity limited to a limited popular market in the Al-Joura neighborhood, the absence of signs of life returning to the center of the city and its destroyed markets in Al-Huwaika and Al-Hamidiyah, make the opportunities for return are limited. In order to speed up the pace of recovery in the liberated neighborhoods, government agencies are asking residents not to stand on the ruins of their properties and to work to rehabilitate them as much as possible, but many of them see that the operations Maintenance services are useless and require the completion of the new plan for the city and the reconstruction of the destroyed neighborhoods. In it all over again. Abu Ahmed, who was displaced from Deir Ezzor and settled in Hasaka city after losing his home and business on “Six but a Quarter” street, one of the most famous streets in the city in the past, believes that “their return is almost impossible,” citing “the massive destruction of their residential buildings.” With the destruction of most of its markets and main neighborhoods, and the unavailability of the immediate capacities of the people and the government to rebuild what was completely destroyed. Abu Nader, the tanker driver who now resides in Hasaka, considers, for his part, that “some inhabitants of the city are dependent and want the government to rebuild their destroyed houses at their expense so that they can return to it”, qualifying this matter as “difficult in the circumstances of the economic siege that has been imposed. Live in the countryside.
Downtown has no soul
Umm Ali has just returned from a long visit to the city of Deir Ezzor, to settle again in Hasaka, after seeing that there is no point in returning now. Umm Ali describes her city as “afflicted”, noting that she “walked the streets of Ghassan Abboud, Fouad Cinema, Six Only a Quarter and Al-Souk Al-Qobbi, and the scenes were no different from what she saw three years ago, except in the removal of debris from the streets, with the closure almost complete. ” He adds that “some services, such as water, electricity and telecommunications have returned, but the continuous scenes of destruction in houses and shops make it unrealistic to return to my partially destroyed house in the Al-Hawiga neighborhood.” In turn, Rabei, who returned to his home in the Hamidiyah neighborhood, points out that “the reality there is difficult, with lack of hygiene, light and bread, and the lack of lighting, but it is still better than the burden of cost. another house in the populated neighborhoods. ” As for Kamal, he disagrees with them, saying that “the services provided so far are acceptable, compared to the limited capacities of the government”, adding that “the delivery of water, electricity, public lighting and furnace rehabilitation and schools are steps that will encourage many residents to take the initiative to restore their homes and bring them back to life. ” Kamal believes that “the magnitude of the destruction takes a long period for the population to feel in the midst of it a positive effect that encourages them to return.”
More than two thirds of the rural population of Deir Ezzor returned to their homes and resumed their agricultural activities.
The government Water Corporation had managed to rehabilitate 63 stations, linking them with most of the rural and city communities, with a plan to rehabilitate the rest of the networks and ensure water for all residents. However, people continue to suffer, like other Syrians, from a lack of electricity, a lack of alternatives and high costs, leaving many areas to live in darkness for long hours. Also, people face difficulties in providing a loaf of bread, in addition to the lack of medical services in the field, given the limited capacity of the clinics. In this context, the governor of Deir Ezzor, Fadel Al-Najjar, explains, in statements to the media, that “the priority of the government’s work lies in providing services and production requirements, with the aim of returning people to their homes and fields ”, highlighting that“ a ladder of priorities and deliberate plans will be established, to be implemented according to capacities. Available, to provide services to families.
Life returns to the field
Government statistics confirm that more than two thirds of the rural population of Deir Ezzor have returned to their homes and have gradually resumed their agricultural activities. This is due to the limited devastation in those fields. According to the Director of Agriculture, Mahmoud Al-Hayy, in a statement to Al-Akhbar, “44 agricultural extension units have returned to operation of the 48 that were operating before the war.” Al-Hayy notes that “the management worked with local and civil authorities to rehabilitate irrigation networks and agricultural engines in much of the eastern, western and northern countryside, leading to a notable return to agricultural activity,” highlighting that “the government’s efforts continue to rehabilitate various irrigation sectors. The service will begin at the beginning of next year, with an area of 14 thousand hectares, which will contribute to the return of more settlers and the expansion of cultivated areas. The population of Deir Ezzor, three years after his release, reached 195,184, an increase of nearly 100,000 during the years of the siege, while the city’s population before the war was more than 400,000. Tens of thousands of residents returned to the countryside. after its liberation by the Syrian army, and the number of residents of the villages in the western countryside is estimated at 194,100, the eastern countryside at 742,338 and the northwest countryside at 7 3,922, with a total of 1,205,544.
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