Ahmedabad, June 4 (IANS) Union Home and Cooperation Minister, Amit Shah, on Thursday instructed civic and health authorities to take immediate corrective action after around 50 residents were treated for diarrhoea and vomiting in Ahmedabad’s Gota ward, following suspected contamination of the drinking water supply linked to a leakage in water and drainage lines.The directive came after cases were reported across nine residential societies near Jantanagar Cross Road in the Sola area of Gota war…
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Agartala, May 6 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha has took a strong stand in the fight to make the state drug-free. During a meeting at the Civil Secretariat here on Tuesday, the Chief Minister said that the police administration must remain constantly vigilant to ensure that drugs do not enter the state through the railways or any other route.Various narcotics are smuggled from Myanmar and routed through Mizoram and southern Assam before reaching Tripura, often for illegal transit into n…
Amaravati, Feb 25 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government on Wednesday suspended the Municipal Commissioner of Srikakulam following a diarrhoea outbreak in the town that has left one person dead and dozens hospitalised.Municipal Commissioner Kurma Rao was suspended on charges of negligence in connection with the outbreak, officials said.Principal Secretary, Municipal Administration, Suresh Kumar, issued orders suspending the Municipal Commissioner.Cases of diarrhoea have been reported from various …
Indore, Jan 12 (IANS) Amid mounting criticism from across the country over contaminated drinking water that has claimed several lives in Indore’s Bhagirathpura area in recent weeks in Madhya Pradesh, Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava on Monday said he had taken moral responsibility from the very first day the health crisis broke out. Addressing a press conference in Indore, the BJP leader emphasised that both the state administration and the Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) have been making “all …