Overview
- Officials report at least six deaths and more than 200 hospitalisations, with residents and the mayor citing higher tolls of 10–16.
- District Collector Shivam Verma says nearly 5,000 homes were surveyed, chlorine dosing was completed in all borewells, and 149 patients remain in hospital with 205 discharged.
- Engineers have widened the probe beyond a police outpost toilet built without a septic tank over a main pipeline, inspecting 1,000 sewer chambers, ageing mains and 105 water tankers.
- A new RT‑PCR panel on five samples returned negative for E. coli, Vibrio cholerae, Salmonella, Rotavirus and Enterovirus, contrasting with earlier reports indicating multiple pathogens.
- Public trust has cratered as households turn to bottled water and RO purifiers, boil tanker supplies and demand accountability for alleged negligence and long‑standing maintenance lapses.