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Over 10,000 tonnes of donated flour left to rot in Beirut's flooded warehouse – Official

Beirut, Nov 6 (Sputnik) More than 10,000 tonnes of flour, which were sent by Iraq to Lebanon as humanitarian aid following the deadly blast in the port of Beirut, are being kept undistributed and moldy due to negligence and improper storage in a warehouse, Maan Khalil, the head of the Ghobeiry municipality of Beirut, told Sputnik.
Earlier, photos with sacks of flour with the inscription: "From Iraq to the brotherly nation of Lebanon" kept under the bleachers of the Beirut main football stadium and its back rooms emerged in Lebanese social networks. The photos show mold on the packages and a room with sacks flooded with rainwater. The reports caused strong outrage among the Lebanese citizens and prompted the Ghobeiry police to locate the storage.
"The economy minister himself stated on the day of the aid receipt that he had obtained the assistance and stored it temporarily for onward transmission to those people in need. We decided to check the storage condition ahead of the rainy season. The aid was placed under the stands and in back rooms. We were surprised that all of the assistance is still there and it has been exposed to moisture and started to deteriorate. The flour was not protected from water and outside influence. The economy ministry said that he received 10,000 tonnes,[but] media reported 24,000," Khalil said.
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