ZAKHO, Kurdistan Region - A neighborhood power generator in the heart of Duhok province’s Zakho town has frustrated over a thousand students with its noise and smoke.
The students, from two schools and a kindergarten in Zakho’s Husayniya neighborhood, have to endure the loud noise and toxic fumes of the generator when the public power grid is off. Closing windows of classrooms does not really help.
During class, the noise from the generator drowns out the teacher's voice.
“Actually, many [students] suffer from health issues, such as difficulty breathing, and the smell is overwhelming. As you know its sound is too loud. When the teacher enters the classroom, the noise is too loud. Even when the windows are closed, the noise is still heard. During classes, students focus on the noise of the generator rather than the lessons,” Zilan Ali, one of the students of the two schools, told Rudaw earlier this week.