No effective solutions to electricity crisis in Damascus and its countryside
Mount Qasioun overlooking Damascus city in the midst of power cuts in several areas (North Press Agency)
Enab Baladi – Khawla Hifzy
Every day, Samar al-Omari (a pseudonym for security reasons) consumes a candle that is sold at the price of 150 Syrian pounds (SYP = 0.054 USD) to provide little lighting for her daughter to follow up her homework and for herself to carry out regular household chores when the daylight dims with early sunset in winter.
The forty-something-year-old woman told
Enab Baladi that she needs more than 30,000 (SYP = 10 USD) per month to provide little lighting for her modest home in Beit Sahim town in Rif Dimashq province. The town has access to very limited electrical power over long periods of time, making it difficult to use power generators that need to be recharged frequently when in use, such as the batteries commonly used by the residents of the Syrian capital, Damascu