Public Works Ministry: Several SYP billions allocated for compensation and rehabilitation works

Damascus, SANA – Ministry of Public Works has allocated SYP 2 billion for rehabilitation works and compensation for companies’ damaged or stolen machinery due to terrorist organizations’ acts in 2015.

Another SYP 2,578 billion were also allocated for implementing new investment projects and the completion of others, the Ministry said in a statement issued Monday.

The Ministry indicated that the current year’s plan included the completion of underway construction projects being carried out by governmental bodies whose total cost exceeds SYP 100 million.

Part of the plan will be purchasing new machinery, transportation means and engineering equipment to make up for the Ministry’s companies which had their equipment burnt, stolen or destroyed by terrorists. To that effect an amount of SYP 2 billion was allocated by the reconstruction commission.

Another amount was allocated to purchase spare and replacement parts to repair damaged machinery till new equipment are provided.

Rasha Raslan/Haifa Said

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