More than 70,000 in Amuda deprived of electricity, water as Turkish attacks

The attacks of the Turkish occupation on various areas in NE Syria during the period between October 23 and 27 have caused significant material losses in infrastructure and service facilities.

One of the attacks targeted an electricity conversion station and an automatic oven in the city of Amuda, causing the station to go out of service and damaging large parts of the automatic oven.

Targeting the 20/66 kV electricity conversion station in the city of Amuda caused a power outage in the city and about 188 villages and towns.

According to statistics from the Amuda City Council, 13,800 families live in the villages and towns affiliated with the city, with a population of about 70,000 people.

The power station's outage also caused a power outage in the well water pumps, which supply the city and its countryside with fresh water.

The city of Amuda used to get fresh water from 24 artesian wells through pumps that work by the city's electricity conversion station.

Ghazala Kamal Abbas, a resident of Amuda, confirmed that water has been cut off from their homes since October 24 after the Turkish attacks.

Abbas indicated that she works to bring water from the surface wells owned by her neighbors on the street.

"The Turkish occupation aimsto kill people slowly by depriving them of the most basic necessities of life."

The city's main automated bakery is currently operating on backup electricity provided by private generators, producing approximately 16,000 tons of bread per day for the city of Amuda and its countryside, according to the bakery's manager, Shams al-Din Bijou.

Bijou explained the current situation, saying: "The bakery operates 24 hours a day. We have now resorted to backup generators and surface well water to ensure the bakery's continued operation, but the danger is that we have no other alternative."

Saud Ali, the Co-chair of the Amuda Electricity Corporation, explained the damage to the electricity conversion station facility.

 "The city of Amuda and its villages, in addition to the city of Darbasiyah are now without electricity, as the power station is completely out of service due to the destruction that has affected its most important parts."

Saud Ali added: "Amuda station was supplying the city of Darbasiyah and a number of its villages with water and electricity, after Darbasiyah station was subjected to a Turkish attack last year, which led to it being out of service as well."

Worth to note that  Amuda power station was subjected to a Turkish attack last year.

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ANHA