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At slightest 10 radical person died, 272 person been hospitalised and implicit 2,800 successful Indore’s Bhagirathpura area person fallen sick implicit the past 10 days owed to depletion of contaminated h2o supplied by the municipal corporation. While the authorities is yet to corroborate the nonstop decease toll, residents accidental 14 radical person died. The contented has courted a full-blown controversy, with the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) seeking a elaborate study from Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary wrong 2 weeks.
Indore has notably secured the rubric of “India’s cleanest city” for an unprecedented 8 consecutive years successful the Swachh Survekshan survey, outperforming large contenders specified arsenic Navi Mumbai and Surat. However, the caller incidental has raised superior questions astir the city’s sanitation standards. This has led to suspension of 2 officials, and dismissal of 1 from their service, elder officials said connected Wednesday (December 31, 2025).
Government monitoring h2o contamination situation, says Deputy CM
Madhya Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Rajendra Shukla said the State authorities is intimately monitoring the h2o contamination incidental successful Indore and has taken each indispensable steps to guarantee due attraction for those affected. Mr. Shukla said Chief Minister Mohan Yadav is personally visiting hospitals, gathering patients and their families, and interacting with doctors to reappraisal the aesculapian response.
Mr. Shukla said, “The CM is himself gathering patients and their families implicit there. He is besides speaking with doctors. Our elder minister, Kailash Vijayvargiya, has been actively moving successful Indore for the past 3 days. The authorities volition guarantee the champion treatment, and the reasons for the contamination volition beryllium investigated...”
Bacteria recovered successful h2o samples
Speaking to The Hindu, Indore Divisional Commissioner Sudam Khade told bacterial contamination has been recovered successful 26 h2o samples. A study has been sent by Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (MGM) Medical College to the Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC). More than 70 samples had been collected from assorted locations successful the area.
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Following the revelation, the IMC sprang into speedy enactment and undertook implicit cleaning of the proviso enactment and repaired the leakges. “Chlorine tablets person been distributed successful the country and residents person been advised to boil the h2o earlier consuming it,” Mr. Khade said, adding that the OPD patients numbers are present decreasing.
NHRC takes suo moto cognisance
The NHRC, taking suo moto cognisance of the situation, has noted that the main pipeline supplying drinking h2o to the country is recovered to beryllium passing beneath a ‘public toilet’ thereby, thereby deteriorating the prime of the h2o provided.
The NHRC said successful its notice: “Reportedly, the residents had been complaining astir the proviso of contaminated h2o proviso for respective days, but nary enactment was taken by the authorities. According to the media report, the main pipeline, which supplies drinking h2o to the area, passes beneath a nationalist toilet. Due to a leakage successful the main line, sewage h2o reportedly mixed with the drinking water. Besides, respective h2o organisation lines were besides recovered breached successful the area, owed to which contaminated h2o was reaching the households.”
Watch: Residents dependable choler aft h2o contamination deaths successful Indore
State acts aft outcry
Officials said a caller tender had been issued successful August for a caller h2o proviso enactment successful the area, but enactment has remained stalled for implicit 4 months. They pointed “negligence” arsenic 1 of the main causes down the tragedy. This hold was discussed astatine a high-level gathering connected Thursday (January 1, 2026), and the tender volition beryllium cleared by Friday (January 2, 2026), according to Urban improvement Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya, who attended the meeting.
The caller connection by the Chief Medical and Health Officer, stated implicit 48,400 radical person been screened successful Bhagirathpura area. “So far, a full of 272 patients person been admitted to hospitals, of which 71 person been discharged. Currently, the fig of patients hospitalised is 201, and the fig of patients successful the ICU is 32,” it said.
Meanwhile, IMC Commissioner Dileep Yadav told The Hindu that 100 h2o tankers person been sent to the country for exigency needs of residents.
Controversy implicit foul-language
In the airy of the incident, Madhya Pradesh furniture curate Kailash Vijayvargiya courted a controversy by saying “Don’t inquire fokat (useless) questions successful effect to a journalist’s questions connected section residents’ person not yet been reimbursed by the authorities contempt making promises successful public.
Soon, the video went viral connected the societal media, inviting crisp reactions from netizens for Mr. Vijayvargiya’s alleged unruly behaviour. However, the concern placated aft Mr. Vijayvargiya took into X and tendered an apology.
