Melikov reprimanded the head of Magaramkent district after mass poisoning

The head of Dagestan, Sergey Melikov, called on the head of the Magaramkent district, Farid Akhmedov, not to go into military service and "answer for what happened."

As "Kavkazsky Uzel" reported, at least 392 residents of the Magaramkent district were infected with an intestinal infection after drinking tap water. The cause of the poisoning was the lack of water treatment and numerous violations in the water supply system, Rospotrebnadzor of Dagestan confirmed on July 13.

The leadership of the Magaramkent district ignored problems with the water supply systems and failed to ensure the commissioning of a water supply system built under a federal program. This inaction by local officials led to the mass poisoning of people, the head of Dagestan Sergey Melikov said on July 17.

Farid Akhmedov, who heads the administration of the Magaramkent district, “could not give a clear explanation of the current situation,” the administration of the head of Dagestan reported on its official Telegram channel. “The water supply systems have not been disinfected for several years. All these years, you have been heading the district and have not seen these problems, despite the fact that we have systematically paid attention to them,” the press service quotes Melikov as saying.

From 2004 to 2013, the Dzhepel-Magaramkent water pipeline was built in the district; more than 228 million rubles were spent on this work under the federal program. The municipality was the customer of the work, but “the facility has still not been put into operation due to comments related to the unrestored enclosing wall.” Melikov demanded that an investigation be conducted into how the federal funds were spent.

No formal charges have been brought against Farid Akhmedov, but Melikov said that “his guilt is quite clear.” He warned the official not to try to avoid responsibility by going to the combat zone.

“I kindly ask the head of the Magaramkent district not to contact the recruitment center for contract service or the leadership of volunteer formations participating in the SVO with a request to accept you into military service. First, answer for what happened,” Melikov said.

Concluding a military contract has been used more than once by Dagestani officials as a way to avoid criminal liability. Thus, shortly after reports of a search of his house, the head of the Buinaksk district, Ullubiy Khanmurzaev, announced that he was going to the front. The head of the Karabudakhkent district of Dagestan, Makhmud Amiraliev, accused of fraud in the amount of 56 million rubles during the construction of a water pipeline in two villages, also went to the combat zone before his arrest.

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