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…
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Indore, Jan 1 (IANS) Senior Congress leader and former minister Mukesh Nayak on Thursday levelled serious allegations against the BJP-led Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC), claiming that misuse of funds under the Centre’s Jal Jeevan Mission resulted in more than 40,000 residents being forced to consume contaminated drinking water over the past six months.Speaking to IANS, Nayak, who is also in charge of the Madhya Pradesh Congress media department, alleged that the IMC failed to properly lay …
Indore, Jan 1 (IANS) As the death toll from consuming contaminated municipal water in Indore’s Bhagirathpura area has claimed several lives, Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Jitu Patwari sharply criticised the Madhya Pradesh government and demanded the immediate resignation of “ill-mannered ministers” on moral grounds. Patwari alleged that the victims were receiving neither free treatment nor sympathy, while ministers “displayed arrogance and misbehaved with journalists”.Social media users echoed t…
Indore, Jan 1 (IANS) After more than 150 residents of India’s cleanest city, Indore, fell ill following the consumption of contaminated drinking water, a shocking revelation has emerged about poor coordination between Indore Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargav and senior officials of the Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC).The disclosure was made by Madhya Pradesh Urban Affairs Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya after he, along with Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, visited several hospitals late Wednesday night an…
Indore, Dec 31 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav visited Indore on Wednesday evening and met people hospitalised after falling ill due to consumption of contaminated drinking water, officials said.Soon after arriving in Indore from Umaria district, the Chief Minister visited Verma Hospital, where he interacted with over a dozen affected patients undergoing treatment. Indore Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava accompanied the Chief Minister during the hospital visit, which continued late in…
Indore, Dec 31 (IANS) A major public health crisis has gripped Indore, India’s repeatedly awarded cleanest city, with reports of deaths and widespread illness linked to contaminated municipal water in the Bhagirathpura locality. While locals and Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava claim up to seven deaths, MP Urban Development Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya stated that official figures will only be released after a thorough evaluation by the government and medical experts to distinguish contamination-rela…
Indore, Dec 31 (IANS) The death toll in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore, where a large number of people fell ill over the last few days, allegedly after drinking contaminated water in the Bhagirathpura area of the city, has risen to eight.Taking cognisance of the incident, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has ordered the suspension of two municipal officials, and one public health engineer has been removed from service.The action came late at night on Tuesday.”Bhagirathpura incident in Indore i…
Indore, Dec 30 (IANS) A sudden outbreak of illness from suspected contaminated drinking water has shaken the Bhagirathpura locality in Indore, India’s cleanest city for eight consecutive years, leaving residents in distress and prompting swift government intervention. Over the past week, more than 60 people have been hospitalised with severe symptoms of vomiting, diarrhoea, and stomach pain after consuming tap water supplied from the Narmada River. Tragically, 70-year-old Nandlal Pal succumbed o…
Indore, Dec 30 (IANS) The number of patients suffering from acute stomach pain, vomiting and many other systems of diarrhoea, which allegedly occurred due to consumption of contaminated water in a residential colony in Madhya Pradesh’s state capital Indore continued to surge for the last three days. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and state Urban Development Minister, Kailash Vijayvargiya, said on Tuesday that total 66 patients are being treated at multiple hospitals in the city.Additionally…
New Delhi/Bhopal, Dec 29 (IANS) Amid the ongoing debate over former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh’s recent social media post and photos praising the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), Bharatiya Janata Party leader and State Urban and Housing Minister, Kailash Vijayvargiya, on Monday, called the veteran Congress Rajya Sabha MP as ‘courageous’. Vijayavargiya compared Digvijaya Singh’s courage of “speaking truth” akin to former Union Home Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. However, …