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The Kerala Water Authority (KWA) and the Kochi Corporation volition jointly behaviour an inspection to measure drinking h2o prime connected Monday (June 8, 2026) successful the aftermath of alleged h2o contamination successful 3 divisions of the Corporation.
Around 60 residents of the Kadavanthra, Panampilly Nagar and Perumanoor divisions reportedly complained of diarrhoea and vomiting aft allegedly consuming drinking h2o supplied by the KWA. Councillors representing the divisions alleged that contamination of the KWA’s h2o proviso was down the incident. The civic and wellness authorities conducted consciousness campaigns and initiated chlorination successful the region.
Perumanoor councillor K.X. Francis said tests conducted connected h2o samples collected from taps successful households wherever residents had fallen sick detected the beingness of coliform bacteria. “More than 60 radical fell sick and sought aesculapian attention. While a h2o illustration collected by maine tested affirmative for the bacteria, consequent tests conducted by the KWA returned antagonistic results,” helium said.
K. Aiyeswareyan, an affected nonmigratory of Koparambil Lane, said helium had to hospitalise his 73-year-old parent for much than 4 days and that it was lone aft much radical successful the locality started complaining that helium realised the root of the corruption was the drinking water.
Panampilly Nagar part councillor Antony Painuthara said that, portion the concern was mostly nether control, astatine slightest 2 caller cases were reported connected Saturday. “People began falling sick astir 8 days ago. We person advised residents to wholly drain and cleanable their h2o tanks. Water is besides being supplied done tankers to those successful need,” helium said.
However, KWA authorities person denied allegations of h2o contamination. “All the samples taken by america for investigating from our pipeline web person returned antagonistic for the beingness of immoderate bacteria. Further, the allegation that the caller enactment carried retired to repair a leak adjacent the Shipyard portion caused the contamination does not clasp ground, arsenic that pipeline does not proviso h2o to this area,” an authoritative said.
The authoritative said the KWA could not beryllium held liable for contamination successful consumers’ h2o tanks. Samples volition beryllium collected again connected Monday arsenic portion of the continuing inspection of the affected sites. “We volition instrumentality samples lone up to the metre point,” the authoritative added.
