Turkish attacks on Amûdê leave over 70,000 people without water and electricity
The Turkish state's attacks on Amûdê left more than 70,000 people without water and electricity.
The Turkish state's attacks on Amûdê left more than 70,000 people without water and electricity.
The Turkish state attacked the regions of Northern and Eastern Syria with heavy weapons between 23 and 27 October. The region's infrastructure, service centers, factories, and basic living centers were bombed by warplanes, drones, and helicopters. Many people were killed or injured in the attacks, and service centers were targeted.
A large part of the bakery in Amûdê was damaged. The 66/20 KF Electricity Station, which provides electricity to the district and approximately 188 villages, was out of service as a result of the attacks.
According to the Amûdê Council, 13,800 families or 70,000 people live in the city, villages, and towns.
The people of Amûdê meet their water needs from 24 wells with electric water pumps. However, the attack on the gas station left the people of the region without both electricity and water.
A woman named Xezale Kemal Ebas from Amûdê told ANHA that the people in the city have been without water since 24 October, and added: "Neighbors are drawing water from the wells they dug in the neighborhoods. The Turkish state attacked the people’s basic sources of life and massacred people."
The hospital and bakery in the city have also been affected due to the electricity station being out of service.
According to Shamsedin Bîco, the manager of Amûdê Bakery, since the electricity was cut off, the bakery is now being operated using generators and bread is being produced from approximately 16 thousand tons of flour per day. The bread is being distributed to the people.
Bîco said: "The bakery now operates 24 hours a day without interruption thanks to the generators and well water. However, if the generators break down, we have no other alternative."
Amûdê Electricity Institution co-chair Siûd Elî said: "There was great damage to the Electricity Station. The attacks left the station out of service and the villages of Amûdê and Dirbêsiyê without electricity. Last year, the Turkish state attacked the station that provided electricity and water to Dirbêsiyê and Amûdê."