32 people fall ill due to suspected water contamination in Indore

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At slightest 32 radical person fallen sick owed to suspected h2o contamination successful a locality successful Madhya Pradesh's Indore city, prompting the medication to cod samples of drinking h2o for testing, officials said connected Tuesday (December 30, 2025).

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav has directed the medication of Indore, the cleanest metropolis successful the country, to guarantee punctual and prime attraction for each patients, they said.

Talking to PTI, Indore District Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO) Dr. Madhav Prasad Hasani said that 32 radical from the Bhagirathpura country person been admitted to antithetic hospitals successful the metropolis implicit the past fewer days.

"Patients accidental they suffered vomiting and diarrhoea aft drinking contaminated water," helium said.

Mr. Hasani said drinking h2o samples person been collected for investigating from the locality, and reports volition get successful 48 hours.

Residents of Bhagirathpura said that they fell sick aft consuming h2o from the Narmada River supplied to homes done municipal pat connections.

"We person sent h2o samples for testing. We tin remark connected the substance lone aft the trial reports arrive," Indore Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava said.

Indore relies connected the Narmada River for its h2o needs, and h2o is brought to the metropolis from Jalud successful neighbouring Khargone district, astir 80 km away, done pipelines laid by the municipal corporation.

Published - December 30, 2025 12:12 p.m. IST

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