As the winter is coming in Northern and Eastern Syria, municipalities focus on infrastructure works such as road and sewer, maintenance and repair.

QAMISHLO

Roads are paved with asphalt in all district and town municipalities of the city of Qamishlo as part of winter preparations. During the works in the city center, the Kornish Street road in the center of Qamişlo is repaired and the required 50 percent of the road was asphalted. Repair work continues on other main streets in the city center.

People's municipality of Qamishlo repairs the roads of Tirbespiyê, Girkê Legê, Çilaxa and Dêrik villages with the support of Cudi and Zagros companies.

Qamishlo Environment and Urbanization Committee Co-Chair, Mesud Yusif stated that the municipality has started the projects which were planned for 2020. Yusif shared the following information about their work: “The repair of the water channels and water stations in the canton continue. The connection problem of the generators and water channels in Til Hemis is also resolved and the water problem in the region is solved after many years.

The construction of bridges is also included in the planning of the municipality. While the El Hezam Bridge in the south of Tirbespiyê is being repaired within this scope, the repair on the El Zihêriyê Bridge is continuing.

Moreover, municipal teams started cleaning the sewers before the rainfall season. Qamishlo Municipality also has cleared the Ceqceq stream that runs through the city center. Saplings are planted around the Qenat Siwês Bridge in Cudi District.”

KOBANÊ

11 community municipalities in the Kobanê Canton have undertaken important works in the last 5 months. Municipalities are widening and paving the streets while repairing the sewers. Municipalities, which are preparing for bridge repairs, are also working on water pools that will cost 40 thousand dollars.

Municipalities have carried out a total of 310 km road maintenance and repair work. In the Kobanê city center, 1728 meters of road repair has been carried out.

With the extension of the existing roads by 15 meters, the main arteries will be 30 meters wide, and the Kobanê-Sirrîn road will be 40 meters wide.

Municipalities in Kobanê have also expanded the canton-wide sewage line by 11 thousand meters. The Water Unit has also expanded the water pipes 17,800 meters.

Meanwhile, Kobanê People's Municipality had also started the pool project in Şêx Omer village of Chelebiya in the summer months, which would cost 40 thousand dollars.

Heci Ehmed, Co-Chair of the Kobanê Canton Municipalities Committee, stated that the projects for 2020 have been implemented within the framework of the planning they determined despite all the difficulties and that they are completed on time.

SHEHBA

With the arrival of the winter months, the Shehba Canton municipalities continue to serve the people of Shehba and Afrin despite limited opportunities.

In this framework, 5 km of asphalting works have been carried out on the roads in the Shehba Canton, while repair work has been carried out with stone chips on the remaining roads.

The municipalities have also expanded the power lines and repaired the generators in the canton. In addition, daily cleaning is done by the municipality teams.

Municipalities also identified new garbage collection centers and completed sewage projects.

Melek Hisên, co-chair of the Afrin Canton Municipalities Committee, said the following regarding their preparations for winter: “The municipalities are trying to solve the electricity problem by cleaning the channels before the rains.

We started cleaning and sewage projects in the camps in Shehba and they continue. In addition, we are also expanding the water transmission lines in the camps. We are also building a park for the Veger Camp.”