Community consultation workshop in Downtown Amman to discuss flash foods risks
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Amman, 21 January 2021 – A series of community consultation workshops are being organized in Amman to discuss the flash foods risks and identify the key priorities based on the local community’s knowledge and experience.
The workshops are under the aegis of the “Strengthening the Social Stability and Resilience of Vulnerable Jordanian Communities and Syrian Refugees in Amman Against Flash Floods” project, funded by the Government of Japan.
UN-Habitat, in collaboration with Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) and Future Pioneers, is organizing the series of community consultation sessions with the local community in Downtown Amman and the key stakeholders in the targeted area
Dubai: A Roman archaeological site was recently uncovered in Downtown Amman during excavation works to install a water drainage system, local media reported.
Yazid Alayyan, Director of the Department of Antiquities, on Friday visited Downtown Amman, where the Roman-era archaeological remains were discovered amid the Greater Amman Municipality’s ongoing works.
The site, opposite the Roman Amphitheatre, was found while authorities were installing a system to control floods which have caused damage to shops and architectural sites in the downtown area.
Among the remains found were second-century tiled Roman baths with heated cellars, and a crematorium.
The sites were, from 1964 to 1971, completely submerged by the ‘Amman River,’ which was a body of water spanning from Ras Al Ain to Ain Ghazal, feeding into the Zarqa River.
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