Thursday 22 March 2012

Gaza bakeries to stop working in four days

[ 21/03/2012 - 08:55 PM ]

GAZA, (PIC)-- The bakers society in the Gaza Strip has announced that all bakeries in the coastal enclave would come to a complete halt within four days due to lack of fuel.

The head of the society, Abdulnasser Al-Ajrami said that the bakeries were already working at 50% of capacity at present.

He said in a statement on Wednesday night that already many bakeries stopped working while others are rapidly running out of fuel.

Ajrami urged the Palestinian government to supply the bakeries with fuel the soonest.

For his part, Adham Abu Salmiya, the head of emergency and ambulance in the Strip, said that his force was working at 50% of its capacity due to fuel shortage.

He told a press conference on Wednesday evening that ambulance and civil defense services would come to a grinding halt within 72 hours.

He urged the Arab and Islamic countries to swiftly act before a disaster befalls the Gaza populace.

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