Overview
- A city medical-college lab and the CMHO confirmed that drinking water was contaminated with bacteria typically found in sewer water, with culture and stool test results still pending.
- Reported impact figures vary, with deaths cited from at least seven to as many as 14, and officials counting up to 2,456 people with vomiting and diarrhoea, including about 201 currently in hospitals and 32 in ICUs.
- Investigators linked the contamination to a leak where a toilet pit at a police outpost sat above the main water pipeline, allowing wastewater to enter the supply.
- The National Human Rights Commission issued a notice to the Madhya Pradesh government seeking a detailed report within two weeks on the deaths and suspected negligence.
- The state announced Rs 2 lakh compensation for each bereaved family and free treatment, while the city set up a control room, suspended an assistant engineer, intensified water testing, and began supplying safe water and drafting an SOP.