Chapter
7:
Case
studies
in
Sana’a
basin
Many
meetings
were
subsequently
held.
The
downstream
villagers
pushed
the
villagers
from
Jalal
to
go
to
the
district
of
Matnah
where
the
municipality
could
intervene
to
solve
the
problem.
The
authorities
proposed
to
establish
an
investgatory
committee,
but
the
representatives
from
Jalal,
based
on
the
argument
that
the
previous
documents
granted
them
permission
to
drill,
rejected
this
proposal.
Subsequently,
at
the
district
authorities
the
two
parties
were
held
in
prison
for
about
12
days.
Appearently
the
representatives
of
Jalal
were
called
to
sign
that
“there
is
a
decrease
in
the
quantity
of
water
in
the
spring”.
Thereafter,
the
issue
was
brought
to
the
NWRA
(National
water
Resource
Authority),
with
a
request
to
send
a
specialized
engineer
who
could
evaluate
the
case.
The
NWRA
was
accepted
as
a
technical
reference
and
its
judgment
would
be
regarded