The Minister of Energy during a tour of Jbeil: We conducted a survey of the needs of the region and we will determine the priorities

The Minister of Energy and Water visited Joe Al -Sadi, the city of Jbeil and its judiciary at the invitation of Representative Ziyad Al -Hawat, accompanied by his office manager Peter Al -Haddchiti, President of the Beirut Water Corporation and Jubil Lebanon, Eng. Rabie Khalifa and his media advisor George Al -Aqouri, to see in the field of the prevailing reality in the specialization of electricity and water affairs.

Ibrahim River
The first station was in the municipality of the Ibrahim Nahr and then the Strait Station in the town.
After that, Minister Al -Sadi and Al -Hawat moved to the Jbeil municipality building, where they were received by the mayor, Dr. Joseph Al -Shami, the members and former president Wissam Zaarur, and the meeting dealt with the needs of the city and its problems, especially with regard to electricity, water and infrastructure, and the Minister of Energy listened to the most prominent challenges facing the municipality. Al -Saddi stressed, “The Ministry of Energy and Water was keen to follow these files and find possible solutions In cooperation with the municipalities and institutions concerned, “stressing that” meeting the needs of people remains a priority in the work of the government. ”
Al -Sadi and Al -Hawat then moved to the Jbeil Electricity Concession building, where they were received by the representative of the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Youssef Basil, and the research discussed the projects submitted to the ministry in terms of establishing a plant on the fuel and solar energy to secure electricity to citizens in the villages and towns covered by the concession, so the Minister Al -Sadda promised to study it with other projects also from the company and discuss the possibility of unifying the electricity and material bill together to reduce the financial burden on citizens and agreed to agree on Holding meetings in the ministry to discuss all these issues. The Union of Municipalities
Then the Minister al -Sadi, Al -Hawat and the accompanying delegation moved to the municipal union building, where the Vice President of the Municipality of Mifum -the train Dr. Bashir Elias and a number of mayors received them, and Elias hoped that the visit to Jbeil country would be useful to secure the needs of citizens in the water and electricity level, and to listen to the concerns of the mayors, wishing “cooperation between the union and the mayors and the ministry to develop a comprehensive survey of the needs of Jbeil.
In turn, the Minister of Energy thanked the reception, noting that “the visit today to listen to your needs and the problems that citizens suffer from, especially with regard to the electricity and water sector, and to see the reality on the ground. We listen to all the problems and needs offered by the municipalities We are all proud of it and today we seek not only to restore confidence between the citizen and the state, but also to restore the real impression of the image of Lebanon, Lebanon, culture, and love of life. We are also in contact with the donors to ensure operation, maintenance and continuity, and not only to complete projects, as we have a survey of the needs of the region, and we found that it is better to unify these demands to become a unified priority, and we must be realistic, the Ministry cannot meet all demands in one year, so we define priorities in cooperation with the Union and the municipalities. ” The Ministry with human competencies has established a week ago a week ago the Electricity Regulatory Authority, which is considered the cornerstone of organizing this sector and four days ago, we opened the door for candidacy for the Director General of the Beirut Water Corporation and Mount Lebanon, as well as the Bekaa Water Corporation, and we will soon appoint three general managers of the ministry after the vacancy has long for years we have prepared arrangements to form management councils for water institutions, and this will be done gradually and in coordination with the concerned authorities. “I hope that Jbeil and her region will maintain this civilized image that everyone knows, and that it remains a model for all of Lebanon.”