Dr. Abdel-Qawi Khalifa, Minister of Public Utilities, has issued a decision to send 6 cars with clean water to the village of Sansaft after a large number of its citizens have been poisoned by the potable water in the village. He blamed the company providing potable water for miserable incidents, emphasizing that the of affected citizens is 107. Abdel-Qawi conducted a meeting with the Major General. Nasr Arafat, Chairman of the Board of the Holding Company for Water and Waste Water, Chairman of the Potable Water Company in Menoufia, and a number of representatives for the village's people, to discuss the current situation and consider proposed solutions to handle the problem of drinking water at the village. The Holding Company is going to launch a pipe line in Kafr Balmsht in 30 days, he said, in addition to establishing a plant to purify water from Manganese and iron by the middle of the next year. The Minister has also asked for considering establishing a sanitary sewer at the village and promised to conduct another meeting with the village's citizens next week to discuss what has been achieved On the other hand, Major General Nasr Arafat has fired 6 employees and appointed new ones to operate the plant, in addition to appointing Eslam Abdel-Hakam, one of the company's employees, which was received with great pleasure from the people of the village. He noted that private plants are not under the supervision of the Holding company. Moreover, he added that the Holding Company for Water and Waste Water operates more than 3448 potable water plants moving through 143 thousands km pipes, highlighting that the company has admitted the existence of some mistakes but they should not be considered on a general basis.
