Nayrouz News Agency : Saifan: We have completed 70% of the work in cleaning the valleys that flow into the Mujib Dam.  Saifan: The Royal Engineering Corps contributed to the construction of 42 boreholes, as well as 10 dams, and 20 water wells and 2 ponds were dug. Al-Rawahneh: We thank the Arab Army for their efforts in cleaning the Mujib dam so that it can return to what it was.  Al-Hamayda: We thank the Arab Army for involving the local community to work on the project.  Newroz News: Karak Muhammad Al-Awaimer The mechanisms of the Royal Engineering Corps began removing and cleaning sediments and silt in the Mujib Dam in order to preserve the storage capacity in preparation for the upcoming rainy season, as the dam’s storage capacity is 29 million cubic meters and is used for drinking, irrigation and other industrial uses.  By the Jordan Valley Authority to sustain water sources.  The Nowruz News team visited the dam and was briefed on the efforts made by the Royal Engineering Corps, where the Commander of the Engineering Machinery Group in the Royal Engineering Corps, Colonel Khaled Ghassab Seifan, confirmed to Nowruz News that the Royal Engineering Corps has been working in partnership with the Jordan Valley Authority since 1985. Colonel Seifan said that the Royal Engineering Corps has been working in partnership with the Jordan Valley Authority since 1985.  Royal Engineering implements the directives of the General Command of the Jordanian Armed Forces in order to contribute to sustainable development and contribute to community service through our partnership with the Ministry of Water represented by the Jordan Valley Authority to clean the Mujib Dam of silt and sediments, and we have accomplished 70% of the work in cleaning the valleys that flow into the Mujib Dam as agreed  Between the Jordanian Armed Forces and the Jordan Valley Authority to remove 250 thousand cubic meters of silt in the Mujib Dam, and work is being done with great vigor to accomplish this task.  Seifan added that joint work with the Jordan Valley Authority began in 1985, 42 boreholes were established, as well as 10 dams, 20 water wells and 2 ponds were dug. Seifan indicated that the Jordanian Armed Forces always involve the local community in its projects in all regions of the Kingdom and in the project to clean up the Mujib Dam.  Twenty-five residents of the area who own vehicles will be employed to work on the project with the Royal Engineering Corps.  This cooperation comes within the memorandum of understanding signed between the Ministry of Water and Irrigation, the Jordan Valley Authority and the Jordanian Armed Forces, the Royal Engineering Corps, regarding the exchange of expertise and heavy engineering machinery, necessary for the implementation of water harvesting projects, excavations and earth dams in all regions of the Kingdom.  A mechanical driver in the Royal Engineering Corps, Staff Sergeant Nimr Nasser Ahmed said, "It is our duty to implement the directives of the General Command of the Jordanian Armed Forces, through the Royal Engineering Corps, to complete work on the projects that we are assigned and we are proud to work on projects that serve the country and the citizen. The Mujib dam is one of the most important dams that secure water for citizens and industries.”  This always motivates us that in the Arab army we serve our country, and this is our duty and a great honor that we are proud of wherever we are.  A number of citizens in the governorates of Madaba and Karak appreciated the efforts of the Jordanian Armed Forces, the Arab Army, which contributes to the service of development, and thanked the Royal Engineering Corps, which, under the guidance of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, took the initiative to clean the dam before the rainy season, especially that the dam feeds the farms on the sides of the dam.  Employing the people of the local community through the mechanisms that work in the project with the mechanisms of the Royal Engineering Corps.  Sheikh Salim Al-Rawahneh from Madaba said we thank His Majesty King Abdullah II, may God protect him and his patrons, the Jordanian Armed Forces, the Arab Army, and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Major General Youssef Al-Hunaiti for their efforts in cleaning the Mujib Dam from the silt, which reached a great height, which contributed to reducing the dam’s capacity of water, and we thank the Engineering Corps for  Their efforts to clean the Mujib Dam and blessed the efforts of our brave soldiers who we find everywhere to serve the country and the people under the high Hashemite banner and always flutter in the highest.  The contractor, Kayed Al-Hamayda from Karak, who works with the Engineering Corps in cleaning the Mujib Dam, thanked the Arab Army for its involvement with the local community to work on the project and clean the dam.  Ok, wherever you are.  Great efforts are being made by the Arab Army as part of its national duty to defend Jordan and its borders, and to go beyond that to serve economic and social development projects in all governorates of the Kingdom.