Regime counters resistance and tighten noose on civilians in Hama
Syrian regime has pumped the water of Rastan Dam into the Orontes River in the northern countryside of Homs city, to increase the water level of the river, such a step may cut off the supply route f rebels, local reporter said Saturday.
Zaman al-Wasl reporter in Homs who visited the dam on Friday, said the level of the dam has fallen sharply what threatens the fish life in the dam.
The civil engineer Khadr-Kh, a former employee of the Water Resources Directorate in Homs said that the abundance of the Orontes fountain in Hama province does not exceed 10 m3 / s. It is possible to travel between the banks of the river on foot.
After filling the Rastan to the limit of 100 m3 / s, depending on the amount of water stored in the dam.
He added that the rise of the level of the river in the province of Hama certainly impedes the transfer of elements of the Syrian resistance from the east bank of the river to the west for a limited period of time, pointing out that the Orontes river, after the opening of dam will sweep whatever comes near it.
Zaman al-Wasl learned from several local sources in villages located in the north-eastern Homs countryside (Al-Zafarana, Ezzedine, Talul al-Hamr) that the rise of the Asi area suddenly contributed to the tightening of the siege on the northern Homs countryside. The strong river water swept the primitive bridges near Taqsis village which were secretive pathways from which fuel and food items are entered. This resulted in a rocket increase of prices of fuell and food items.
Al-Rastan Dam was built in 1958 on the Asi River and the Houleh Valley and stores more than 250 million m3 in a lake extending from the northwest of Al-Rastan to the Houleh area. Its vast area has now been turned into agricultural and semi-desert land, It is flooded most of the year
