Prices of all materials, including necessities of cooling such aq s ice bars increased in the city of al-Bukamal. Ice bars are one of the most important cooling ways amidst constant power cuts in the area and increased temperatures due to the recent hot weather.
The price of the ice bars reached 5,000 Syrian pounds, as the factories owners raise the price of ice on the owners of groceries, due to the lack of electricity and the high prices of fuel, which in turn obliges them to raise its price as well, as a result of the high demand for this product and the people’s need for it, amidst deteriorating living conditions, which make cooling a need that is impossible to secure.