For his part, the Director of the Electricity and Rural Electrification Directorate at the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Hisham Al-Momani, presented the details of the decisions, explaining that they include residential homes located both inside and outside urban planning boundaries, at a total cost of 185 thousand dinars.
In the field of supporting the agricultural sector and farmers, livestock farms were supported, such as poultry, cattle, sheep, and fish farms located outside urban planning boundaries, where the value of the Rural Electrification Fund's support for these projects reached 24 thousand dinars.
The support also included farms containing artesian wells located outside urban planning boundaries, where the value of the Rural Electrification Fund's support for these wells reached 108 thousand dinars, with the aim of supporting farmers, advancing the agricultural sector, and contributing to achieving food security, in belief of the Ministry's role in supporting farmers and enhancing self-reliance.
The Rural Electrification Fund also contributed to supporting productive, industrial, investment, tourism, and economic projects, provided that these projects provide job opportunities for Jordanians residing in the project area, with the aim of developing the local community and providing job opportunities, where the value of the Rural Electrification Fund's support for these projects reached 191 thousand dinars.
Al-Momani indicated that the Rural Electrification Fund contributed to connecting electricity to projects belonging to government sectors, with a total cost of about 48 thousand dinars.
The approved categories include lighting roads leading to cemeteries, at a cost of 11 thousand dinars, to facilitate citizens in burying their dead during the night.
Regarding the utilization of alternative energy sources, the Rural Electrification Fund approved the installation of grid-connected solar cell systems for 52 homes of underprivileged families and beneficiaries of the National Aid Fund, with the aim of reducing the monthly energy bill for this group, which contributes indirectly to increasing their monthly financial income and improving their economic level.
Al-Momani explained that the Rural Electrification Fund contributed to increasing the capacities of transformer stations that were established at the expense of the Rural Electrification Fund over the last ten years, for the purpose of addressing weak current and reducing electrical loss, at a financial cost of 29 thousand dinars.
He emphasized that work will continue in continuous development and improvement to ensure the provision of a high-quality, professional, and more comprehensive service, in addition to receiving applications for electricity connection for homes and facilities at the expense of the Rural Electrification Fund, in accordance with the foundations approved by the Council of Ministers and the decisions of the Higher Steering Committee for this purpose.
