{"id":44320,"date":"2015-06-09T11:16:38","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T08:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sana.sy\/en\/?p=44320"},"modified":"2015-06-09T11:16:38","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T08:16:38","slug":"a-cleaning-campaign-in-tartous-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.sana.sy\/en\/?p=44320","title":{"rendered":"A cleaning campaign in Tartous city"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tartous, SANA- Marking the occasion of World Environment Day, the Environment Affairs Directorate and Tartous City Council on Monday launched a campaign for cleaning the al-Ghamqa riverbed with the participation of a number of volunteers.<\/p>\n

Participating in the campaign, Tartous Governor underlined the importance of this initiative in the health domain, as there are huge amounts of waste in the area which require a regular cleaning, particularly in summer.<\/p>\n

Head of Tartous City Council Ali al-Souriti said that the campaign is just the beginning of a more intensive work next week that will be based on the sewage mechanisms and the Directorate of Technical Services and the public construction institutions.<\/p>\n

Al-Souriti underlined the importance of the regular cleaning of the riverbed in each area starting from its source in Safita.<\/p>\n

Al-Ghamqa River is 50 km long and the last campaign for cleaning its stream was organized last month and it stopped due to the heavy rainfalls.<\/p>\n

On June 5th, the world celebrates the Environment Day through carrying out several activities that focus on protecting and improving the environment.<\/p>\n