Tripoli (ANTARA News / AFP) - Militants Libya on Saturday said they are working hard to restore basic services in Tripoli, five days after they occupied the headquarters Muamar Gaddafi in the capital.
"We have 30,000 tons of fuel to be distributed to the public starting today," said a spokesman for the National Transition Council (NTC), Mahmud Shammam.
He added that the guerrillas will also provide gas for cooking dalama 48 hours and work to restore the shrine refining facilities.
The statement came after the NTC's first press conference since announcing that they moved his base of Benghazi, in eastern Libya, to the capital city.
"Tripoli is under strict control of the dictatorship for 42 years. We started from ground zero in this situation. Do not ask for miracles but we promise to try to make this difficult time as short as possible," said Shammam.
He called on all oil and private sector workers to return to work helped restore public services in the capital.
Tripoli facing a shortage of electricity supply, water and fuel that has disrupted the lives of every day and hit the health sector.
Osama al-Abed, deputy chairman of the newly formed board of Tripoli, said the embargo imposed on Gaddafi's regime has also disrupt power plants, which operate using the fuel. In turn, the supply of water will be disrupted, he added.
"When we came to Tripoli no reserves of fuel," said Abed.
He said that his team, which will have offices in the municipality of Tripoli after being repaired, has formed a task force to different services and will soon launch a website containing a variety of programs that can be accessed by citizens.
Electricity in the capital is lost for several hours a day. Many districts do not have water, while others have only underground water undrinkable. Prices of food and gasoline - when available - to strangle the neck.
"There are many challenges and the Board of Tripoli to do anything that could be done," said Abed.
Airport Master
The guerrillas also said they have mastered the Tripoli airport on Saturday and had cleared a district controlled by forces loyal to Gaddafi, but still worried about snipers at the airport.
"We mastered the entire airport," rebel commander said al-Bashir told AFP Taibi.
The guerrillas said they had also taken over the district ben Gheshir Qasr after clean-up operation around the international airport, which was launched early morning to beat the remaining loyalist troops in the vicinity.
They added it was still alert after troops fired rockets and mortar fire that destroyed three civilian aircraft in the airport parking lot.
Around Qasr ben Gheshir, a crowd of citizens who joyfully celebrate the liberation of the district and sang, "Hey, hey, hey, Gaddafi was gone forever," said an AFP correspondent said.
"Last night (Friday), about 60-80 cars from the battalion Khamis Gaddafi," one of the dictator's sons left the area and "fled to Bani Walid," a town near Sirte, Gaddafi's hometown, said Mokhtar Lakhtar, who led the operation it.
"This is not a retreat tactic but really blurry," he added.
Many people in the district to justify the departure of a convoy of vehicles Gaddafi loyalists, who brought a pick-up with heavy weapons including a pair of similar Scud missiles.
(Uu.M016)
Editor: Ruslan Burhani
"We have 30,000 tons of fuel to be distributed to the public starting today," said a spokesman for the National Transition Council (NTC), Mahmud Shammam.
He added that the guerrillas will also provide gas for cooking dalama 48 hours and work to restore the shrine refining facilities.
The statement came after the NTC's first press conference since announcing that they moved his base of Benghazi, in eastern Libya, to the capital city.
"Tripoli is under strict control of the dictatorship for 42 years. We started from ground zero in this situation. Do not ask for miracles but we promise to try to make this difficult time as short as possible," said Shammam.
He called on all oil and private sector workers to return to work helped restore public services in the capital.
Tripoli facing a shortage of electricity supply, water and fuel that has disrupted the lives of every day and hit the health sector.
Osama al-Abed, deputy chairman of the newly formed board of Tripoli, said the embargo imposed on Gaddafi's regime has also disrupt power plants, which operate using the fuel. In turn, the supply of water will be disrupted, he added.
"When we came to Tripoli no reserves of fuel," said Abed.
He said that his team, which will have offices in the municipality of Tripoli after being repaired, has formed a task force to different services and will soon launch a website containing a variety of programs that can be accessed by citizens.
Electricity in the capital is lost for several hours a day. Many districts do not have water, while others have only underground water undrinkable. Prices of food and gasoline - when available - to strangle the neck.
"There are many challenges and the Board of Tripoli to do anything that could be done," said Abed.
Airport Master
The guerrillas also said they have mastered the Tripoli airport on Saturday and had cleared a district controlled by forces loyal to Gaddafi, but still worried about snipers at the airport.
"We mastered the entire airport," rebel commander said al-Bashir told AFP Taibi.
The guerrillas said they had also taken over the district ben Gheshir Qasr after clean-up operation around the international airport, which was launched early morning to beat the remaining loyalist troops in the vicinity.
They added it was still alert after troops fired rockets and mortar fire that destroyed three civilian aircraft in the airport parking lot.
Around Qasr ben Gheshir, a crowd of citizens who joyfully celebrate the liberation of the district and sang, "Hey, hey, hey, Gaddafi was gone forever," said an AFP correspondent said.
"Last night (Friday), about 60-80 cars from the battalion Khamis Gaddafi," one of the dictator's sons left the area and "fled to Bani Walid," a town near Sirte, Gaddafi's hometown, said Mokhtar Lakhtar, who led the operation it.
"This is not a retreat tactic but really blurry," he added.
Many people in the district to justify the departure of a convoy of vehicles Gaddafi loyalists, who brought a pick-up with heavy weapons including a pair of similar Scud missiles.
(Uu.M016)
Editor: Ruslan Burhani
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