Overview
- At least seven people are reported dead and roughly 150 hospitalised after contaminated drinking water sickened residents in Indore’s Bhagirathpura area.
- Local administration says sewage mixed with potable water because a toilet was constructed directly above a main pipeline without the mandated safety tank.
- A video showing minister Kailash Vijayvargiya dismissing a journalist’s question with the slang word “ghanta” went viral, drawing sharp criticism.
- Vijayvargiya later expressed regret on social media; the state Congress, led by Jitu Patwari, has demanded his resignation.
- The government response has included an announcement of Rs 2 lakh ex gratia for families of the deceased, hospital beds readied for patients, and the suspension of two officials.