Overview
- Anita Kushwaha, 65, died after weeks on ventilator support with kidney failure and cardiac arrest following severe diarrhoea linked to the Bhagirathpura outbreak.
- Residents and multiple reports now cite 32 deaths, while a state report to the High Court noted 23 reported deaths overall with 16 officially attributed to the contaminated water.
- Authorities say more than 450 people have been treated and discharged, with three patients still hospitalised and two in critical condition in ICU.
- Water testing detected fecal coliform, E. coli and Klebsiella in the municipal supply, consistent with sewage entering the pipeline.
- Partial service has resumed to about 30% of the locality on alternate days as main pipeline repairs, leakage checks and follow-up sampling proceed under judicial oversight.