Amman - Petra
The Ministry of Municipal Affairs on Tuesday received 40 machinery as the second Japanese grant to the Kingdom, part of the $10 million Japanese grant to Jordan meant to support the municipalities most affected due to the influx of Syrian refugees.
The Minisry's Assistant Secretary General for Administrative Affairs Bilal Momani said that the grant includes 31 garbage trucks and nine tankers distributed to the municipalities.
Momani added that the grant will contribute towards enhancing the capacity of the Kingdom's municipalities to enable them to cope with the pressures caused by the Syrian refugees.