The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday appointed a one-member commission of inquiry to investigate water contamination in Indore’s Bhagirathpura area, where several deaths were reported in recent weeks, Bar and Bench reported. Former judge Justice Sushil Kumar Gupta will head the commission.
The court also directed that water quality be tested daily and medical camps be held in the affected localities.
The order came more than a month after more than 1,400 persons fell ill in Bhagirathpura area due to water contamination, with symptoms including vomiting, diarrhoea and dehydration. The cases were first reported on December 24.
While the state government told the court that 23 deaths had been reported from Bhagirathpura, it claimed that only 16 were on account of the water contamination, Bar and Bench reported. The petitioners and media reports claim that the toll was closer to 30.
The Madhya Pradesh government made the claims based on a report prepared by a five-member committee from the government-run Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College, which examined 23 deaths from the area, PTI reported. The report stated that the deaths of four persons were unrelated to the outbreak, while no conclusion could be reached regarding the cause of death of three other persons in the area.
The authorities in Indore had earlier said that residents of the Bhagirathpura area had complained...
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