Overview
- Chief Minister Mohan Yadav ordered the transfer of municipal commissioner Dilip Kumar Yadav and suspended additional commissioner Rohit Sisoniya and engineer Sanjeev Shrivastava after the Bhagirathpura crisis.
- Laboratory tests by MGM Medical College confirmed bacterial contamination in drinking water, with officials tracing the cause to a leak in the main supply line near a police outpost where a toilet was built.
- The official report lists four deaths, while Indore’s mayor says he has information on ten and residents claim higher numbers; 272 patients have been admitted, 201 remain hospitalised and 32 are in ICUs.
- The NHRC has taken suo motu cognisance and issued a notice to the Madhya Pradesh government, and the High Court received a 40-page status report and pressed authorities on clean water supply and treatment.
- Emergency steps include flushing and repairing pipelines, deploying water tankers, distributing chlorine, ORS and zinc, door-to-door screening, and advising residents to boil water.