Bhopal, Jan 2 (IANS) Hours after issuing show cause notices, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Thursday ordered the immediate suspension of two senior Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) officials and the transfer of the Municipal Commissioner in connection with the contaminated water tragedy in the Bhagirathpura area that has claimed several lives. Additional Commissioner Rohit Sisonia and in-charge Superintendent Engineer of the Public Health Department, Sanjeev Srivastava, have been…
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Indore, Jan 2 (IANS) In the wake of the devastating water contamination incident in Indore’s Bhagirathpura area, which claimed at least 15 lives and affected nearly 1500 residents with severe diarrhoea and vomiting, the Madhya Pradesh government has undertaken a significant administrative reshuffle in the Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) to bolster efficiency and accountability. Following a high-level review meeting on Friday by Chief Minister Dr Mohan Yadav, the state government issued orders…
Indore, Jan 2 (IANS) Amid the health crisis in Indore’s Bhagirathpura area which came from contaminated water and killed several people, the Madhya Pradesh government, on Friday, took action against senior officials of the city’s municipal corporation.The state government has issued a show-cause to the Indore Municipal Commissioner Dilip Kumar Yadav and Additional Commissioner Rohit Sisonia, who has been transferred from Indore with immediate effect.Pradeep Nigam, In-charge Superintendent Engine…
Indore/New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Friday launched a scathing attack on the BJP-led Madhya Pradesh government over the contaminated water crisis in Indore, accusing the administration of distributing “poison” instead of water while remaining in “deep slumber.”In a strongly-worded post on social media platform X, LoP Gandhi described the incident as a grave violation of the right to life, holding the “double-engine government” fully responsi…
Bhopal, Jan 2 (IANS) Senior BJP leader and former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Uma Bharti has strongly condemned the state government over the contaminated water crisis in Indore, describing the deaths as a profound shame for the administration and calling it a critical test for Chief Minister Mohan Yadav.In a series of posts on social media platform X on Friday, Bharti expressed deep anguish over the incident in the Bhagirathpura area, where sewage mixed with drinking water pipelines led to a …
Indore, Jan 2 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh government submitted a status report in the Indore Bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Friday on the ongoing contaminated water crisis in the city’s Bhagirathpura area. The approximately 15-page report officially stated that four persons have died due to the consumption of contaminated water.It further mentioned that around 200 people are admitted to various hospitals, with 35 of them in intensive care units.The case, a Public Interest Litigation filed b…
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha and senior Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Friday launched a sharp attack on the BJP-led government over the deaths linked to contaminated drinking water in Indore, calling the incident a “murder of the right to life” and accusing the administration of negligence, arrogance, and a complete failure of accountability. In a post on X, LoP Gandhi said, “In Indore, there was no water — just poison being distributed, while the…
Indore, Jan 1 (IANS) The Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College in Indore, which was tasked with testing water samples to ascertain the cause behind the health crisis in Bhagirathpura area, has submitted its report to the authorities on Thursday.Confirming the report, Indore Chief Health and Medical Officer (CHMO) Dr. Madhav Hasani said that laboratory analysis conducted at MGM College revealed that people fell ill and died after consuming contaminated water.“The medical college’s test repo…
Indore, Jan 1 (IANS) As residents of Bhagirathpura slum in Indore grapple with a deadly outbreak of vomiting and diarrhoea linked to contaminated water, the Madhya Pradesh government has yet to release exact data on the number of fatalities. Local claims suggest the death toll could be as high as 13, while official acknowledgments remain stuck at just four, leaving families in anguish and no authority able to provide a definitive count. Meanwhile, new cases of illness are still emerging, with mo…
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) The NHRC has sought a report within two weeks from the Madhya Pradesh government over a media report alleging seven deaths and 40 cases of hospitalisation after consuming contaminated water in Indore district, an official said on Thursday. Taking suo motu cognisance of Wednesday’s media report about the alleged water contamination deaths in the Bhagirathpura area of Indore district, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) issued a notice to the Chief Secretary calli…