The recurrence of fires in the Basrah landfill brings to the forefront of attention the need to expedite the process of dealing with this hot environmental file, which is still perched on the lungs of the city of Lattakia for three decades, during which the problem was further complicated by the delay of the anticipated treatment, and what is surprising, and is deploring that in the moment that In the landfill operations in the landfill, the deliberate fires disturb the ongoing treatment, and cause confusion and obstacles shown by the images and indicators from the staff of the Technical Services Directorate and the Directorate of Solid Waste during the outbreak of a number of fires A few days ago in the landfill of Basra, which is fraught with environmental challenges as it has no environmental controls, especially when carrying a heavy smoke to neighboring residential areas, and to the various parts of the city, which suffers from a real inconvenience and smoke caused by the burning of piles in the landfill Large tens of tons of garbage being deported to him from all over the city of Latakia, at a time when efforts are accelerating to complete a landfill, and the closure of the landfill Bassa whose fires cause the spread of smells and clouds of smoke over the city of Latakia Emissions from waste accumulated decades of flammable with high temperatures in summer, in addition to fabricating the fires despite the actions taken at the landfill, which serves as a temporary solution to deal with the accumulation of waste on an area of ​​30 hectares awaiting the completion of harsh landfill to put a definitive solution.

 

Fabricated burning of garbage

 

In the follow-up of "Baath" to this environmental problem has reported that the control of the landfill and the rehabilitation of smoke emitted from the phenomenon of burning garbage randomly, and the fabrication of such irresponsible and harmful actions to the environment and public health, and follow-up this phenomenon from the concerned authorities, and take measures and measures to deter them, and explained that There is a project to rehabilitate the landfill health and environment after an alternative site has been identified for the current landfill in a harsh site, and that the burning of garbage is an old problem caused by people who mess with the environment and such sites as they extend over large areas, and the city council spares no effort in setting controls for this problem Chronic environmental impact on tourism, agriculture and the environment, which exceeds a time span of more than three decades, carried with it an investment, productive, tourist and economic freeze in a location described for each visitor known to him as a tourist, agricultural and beach par excellence, positioned, view and extension, as well as its alignment with the sea. Every study has been going on for many years, even though this spot is the first recorded area to be presented as a tourist project more than twenty years ago. Intention of any market for tourism investment.

 

Accelerated landfills

 

The Director of Technical Services, Eng. Wael Al-Jurdi, confirmed that what is happening are fires in Al-Bassa landfill, which includes most of the places that have not been buried so far. Fire extinguishers and a number of tanks have been brought to the site, at a time when the pace of rehabilitation and landfilling in the landfill is accelerating. The most complex and hotest environmental file in Lattakia province for more than thirty years, the fact that the landfill occupies large areas adjacent to the seaside in the area of ​​Al-Basa south of Lattakia city. After nearly one month of its history, the final clearance of the landfill is underway, stressing that intensive and rapid work is currently underway to rehabilitate the site and landfill solid waste with all technical capacities, cadres and mechanisms around the clock in order to accelerate the landfill work in the landfill, which accommodates solid waste from Lattakia and its areas of about 1000 It is known that the landfill was initially random, and then turned into a large landfill. The amounts of waste that enter it daily between 800 and 1000 tons are buried healthily, and the problem is the large quantities of waste Lattakia Governorate has developed an intensive and rapid plan to solve the problem and follow-up by the Technical Services Directorate with the support of the Ministry of Local Administration and Environment to re-burst the accumulated quantities healthily, and end the problem caused. About them and about fires and smoke.

 

Rehabilitation of the site

 

Al-Jurdi expected that the landfill and rehabilitation works will be completed within a period of approximately one month, after which the site will be handed over to the Directorate of Tourism for rehabilitation and disposal. The landfill will be buried in a harsh landfill in Al-Haffa countryside as it is an integrated technical and environmental project. Leaching or polluting the springs in the future, and here we can say: The intensive treatment of this environmental problem ensures the elimination of the tourist beach of Bassa landfill solid household permanently, to deposit after the environmental effects of the accumulation of garbage over large areas, and also achieve The actual treatment plant expected outstanding chronic tourism and environmental repercussions on the problem, agriculture, and the environment.

 

Slide treatment

 

On the landfill and rehabilitation work, Eng. Yahya Yassin, head of the Solid Waste Department at the Technical Services Directorate, said that digging the slides is done in a scientific way. Yassin pointed out that the soil of the area where the landfill is being built is impermeable