Indore water contamination: At least six people have died, and more than 200 residents have been hospitalised after a sudden outbreak of vomiting and diarrhoea linked to contaminated drinking water in Indore’s Bhagirathpura area
Indore Collector Shivam Verma said patients are currently admitted across 41 hospitals in the city, with 34 of them in intensive care and under close medical supervision.
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On Friday, Indore Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava said he had been informed of 10 deaths, while residents of the Bhagirathpura area claimed the toll was higher, alleging 16 deaths, including that of a six-month-old child.
In response to the outbreak, the state government has transferred Indore Municipal Commissioner Dilip Kumar Yadav and suspended two senior officials, Additional Municipal Commissioner Rohit Sissoniya and Public Health Engineering’s in-charge superintendent engineer Sanjeev Shrivastava, Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said.
The Madhya Pradesh government told the High Court that the diarrhoeal outbreak triggered by contaminated water supply is now under control, and that authorities are monitoring the situation continuously to prevent a fresh flare-up.