Jordan: Court reverses Water Ministry's decision to transfer top official
The Higher Court of Justice has reinstated a top Water and Irrigation
MinistryWater and Irrigation MinistryLoading... official who had been
transferred following a recent water contamination incident, officials
said.
Ahmad Rjoub, who serves as assistant secretary general of the Water
Authority for the Northern Region, was transferred to the ministry's
headquarters after his name appeared on a list of health and water officials
implicated in the case which saw hundreds of villagers treated for fever and
diarrhoea in Mansheyet Bani Hassan, near Mafraq.
In September, the Cabinet endorsed the recommendations of a
government-commissioned panel that investigated the case and recommended
that eight officials, including Rjoub, should appear before disciplinary
councils at their respective ministries.
he government panel's report concluded that in light of the data collected,
there had been a clear breach of responsibilities on the part of officials
in charge of water in Mafraq and the Northern Region, and of health
officials in Mafraq.
When the case came to light in the media, in August, ministers of water and
health, Thafer Alem and Saad Kharabsheh, respectively, submitted their
resignations, accepting "moral responsibility" for the pollution which
caused health problems to more than 1,000 residents in the area.
Water Authority Secretary General Munther Khleifat was sent into
retirement, and Mafraq Water Department Director Anas Haliq was sent into
early retirement.
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Source of information | Jordan Times |
Subject(s) | DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION : COMMON PROCESSES OF PURIFICATION AND TREATMENT , HEALTH - HYGIENE - PATHOGENIC MICROORGANISM , WATER QUALITY |
Relation | http://www.emwis.net/countries/fol749974/country045975 |
Geographical coverage | Jordan |
News date | 23/10/2007 |
Working language(s) | ENGLISH |