Hand-Over Ceremony of Solid Waste Management Equipment to the Department of Samawah Municipality (Governorate of Al-Muthanna), Iraq

December 21, 2005

1. The waste disposal equipment (15 garbage trucks, 300 garbage containers, 2 dump trucks and 10 dumpers) purchased by the Department of Samawah Municipality with the fund provided by Japan's emergency grand aid (about 657 million yen) was delivered to Samawah in the Governorate of Al-Muthanna, Iraq. The hand-over ceremony of the equipment was held on December 20 (Tue) at a garage of the Department, attended on the Iraqi side by the Director of the Department of Samawah Municipality and other officials concerned, and on the Japanese side by representatives of the Office in Samawah of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan and the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF).
2. Samawah is a city with a population of about 250,000. As the city has little garbage-processing equipment, a huge amount of waste is left in its residential areas and shopping districts, giving off odor. The situation requires immediate improvement from a sanitary as well as an aesthetic point of view.
3. The equipment procured under this project is donated to the Department of Samawah Municipality, and is expected to contribute to improving the hygiene of the population and the solid waste management capacity of the Department.
   

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