AMMAN — His Majesty King Abdullah on Monday checked on the
phosphate hills rehabilitation project in Ruseifa, launched in 2021, according to a Royal Court statement.
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King Abdullah listened to a briefing by acting prime
minister, Deputy Prime Minister and Local Administration Minister Tawfiq
Kreishan, who heads the follow-up committee on the phosphate hills
rehabilitation project.
Kreishan said the project includes rehabilitating 1,700
dunums as part of efforts to address ecological challenges in the area, noting
that work targeted areas with high pollution levels, and rehabilitation efforts
included creating a public park, building a wall to protect the rehabilitated
area, planting trees around the park, and revamping the livestock market.
For his part, Jordan Phosphate Mines Company (JPMC) Chairman
Mohammad Thneibat said the cost of the project reached JD35 million.
Thneibat said the phosphate hills rehabilitation project in
Ruseifa is the biggest ecological project that addresses environmental issues
resulting from mining, adding that the JPMC invested in the rehabilitation
project through carburising and shipping 2.3 tonnes of phosphate.
Amman Mayor Yousef Shawarbeh gave a briefing on the Greater
Amman Municipality’s efforts on the first phase, which included preparing 240
out of 600 dunums to cultivate them over phases, with 25 dunums of these lands
now planted with trees.
He added that GAM has carried out tests of the soil and
identified types of plants that suit the soil and can thrive in the area’s
environmental conditions.
His Majesty also inaugurated the Ruseifa ecological park,
which includes 15,000 trees extending on an area of 76 dunums, and surrounded
by additional 100 dunums planted with nearly 3,000 trees on a land owned by the
Environment Ministry.
The King visited facilities at the park, which was built at
cost of JD2.5 million as part of the phosphate hills rehabilitation project,
and called for developing a plan to utilise other rehabilitated land to better
serve Ruseifa residents.
His Majesty said there is a need to address challenges in
other areas from environmental, organisational, and service-related aspects.
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