The Syrian Bakeries Foundation opened, on Monday, the bakery in Al-Malihah Al-Gharbiya town in eastern Daraa countryside, in coordination with the Primary Urgent Intervention (PUI) organization, after completing comprehensive rehabilitation works, paving the way to secure the basic bread supply for more than 25,000 people from the town and its surrounding villages.
The opening of Al-Malihah Al-Gharbiya bakery comes after completing all technical and operational requirements and works that began last August, in cooperation with the Izraa district directorate and the local council in the town, in a step aimed at improving basic services and alleviating living burdens.
Capacity reaching 12 tons
Osama Obeid, director of the Syrian Bakeries Foundation branch in Daraa, clarified in a statement to SANA that the current allocations for the bakery amount to about 2 tons, while it is capable of accommodating 12 tons, allowing for gradual production increase according to demand volume, and expanding the coverage of bread needs for the town and surrounding villages.
For his part, Bishar Al-Haraki, head of the local council in Al-Malihah Al-Gharbiya town, confirmed that restarting the bakery will reduce the daily hardship for residents in securing the commodity, and lower reliance on distant bakeries and the associated transport costs and delays in delivering the commodity to residents, noting that the bakery supplies the needs of more than 25,000 people in the town and its vicinity.
Enhancing the town's self-sufficiency in bread
For his part, Mohammed Nawaf Al-Haraki, the shaykh of the eastern district in the town, pointed out that the bakery opening represents an important step towards achieving self-sufficiency in bread, enhancing supply stability, and repaying the favor to neighboring towns that used to supply Al-Malihah Al-Gharbiya's needs from them in previous years, noting that the bakery will operate according to its designated operational capacity to regularly meet the needs of the town, villages, and surrounding towns.
For his part, Mohammed Al-Younes, director of the southern region in the Primary Urgent Intervention (PUI) organization, indicated that the organization, alongside its direct contribution to rebuilding and rehabilitating the bakery building, maintained the town's public water network, in addition to rehabilitating one well with solar energy, and opening a multi-purpose hall within an integrated community initiative with the town's residents.
The bakery opening comes within the efforts of relevant government authorities to rehabilitate bakeries and service facilities and put them into service, in parallel with cooperation with supporting organizations and local councils, aiming to improve the level of basic services, enhance the stability of bread availability, and alleviate living burdens on citizens.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)
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