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INDORE: Residents of Bhagirathpura, where 10 people died from contaminated drinking water, have blamed a police outpost toilet built without a proper septic tank. The waste line reportedly drained into a pit directly above the water pipeline, allowing sewage to seep into the drinking water. Locals are demanding that a case of culpable homicide be…
INDORE: The water contamination tragedy in Madhya Pradesh’s commercial capital Indore — repeatedly ranked India’s cleanest city over the past decade — has triggered widespread distrust of municipal tap water, forcing residents to rely on bottled water and adding to the financial burden of low- and middle-income households. Officials confirmed that at least six people…
Indore: A person shows a sample of the drinking water that is being collected following a diarrhoea outbreak caused by contaminated water, at Bhagirathpura area, in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. INDORE: Deaths in the Indore water contamination tragedy, which rose to 10 Friday, could have been avoided had red flags raised by a BJP corporator two…
Indore: Residents wait to recieve medical help at Bhagirathpura amid the contaminated tap water crisis where several people died and fell ill, in Indore. (PTI Photo) INDORE: The Madhya Pradesh govt removed Indore municipal commissioner Dilip Kumar Yadav and suspended additional commissioner Rohit Sisoniya on Friday, its first major action in the contaminated water tragedy…
File photo: MP CM Mohan Yadav (Picture credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav on Friday announced strict action against senior civic officials over the contaminated drinking water incident in Indore’s Bhagirathpura area, saying negligence would not be tolerated.In a post on X late Friday, the chief minister said Rohit Sisonia, additional…
NEW DELHI: At least 10 people have died while more the 1,400 are affected due to a diarrhoea outbreak caused by contaminated water in Bhagirathpura area of Madhya Pradesh’s Indore.“According to health department data, four people have died due to the diarrhoea outbreak in Bhagirathpura. However, I have received information about 10 deaths due to…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said accused the Madhya Pradesh government of distributing “poison” after at least 10 people died in Indore’s Bhagirathpura due to diarrhea after consuming contaminated water.In a social media post on X, the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha said that the “clean water is not a favour”…
Cleanliness drive post water contamination INDORE: Laboratory tests have confirmed that the diarrhoea outbreak in Indore, which has so far claimed at least four lives and sickened more than 1,400 people, was caused by contaminated drinking water, officials said.Indore’s Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO) Dr Madhav Prasad Hasani said a report prepared by a…
With over 200 people from the area admitted in as many as 27 hospitals across Indore, lanes of Bhagirathpura are empty INDORE: A deathly silence prevails in Bhagirathpura area of Indore. Barring a few people at makeshift medical camps, its lanes are empty. With over 200 people from the area admitted in as many as…
A six-month-old boy, born after a decade-long wait, has died in Indore after allegedly falling ill due to contaminated drinking water. INDORE: A six-month-old boy, born after a decade-long wait, has died after allegedly falling ill due to contaminated drinking water, leaving his family devastated in Indore.According to the family, the infant developed diarrhoea on…
