Overview
- The Indore bench directed state and city authorities to halt contaminated sources, deploy tanker supply at government cost, conduct comprehensive testing, repair or replace pipelines, and install online water quality monitoring systems.
- Chief Secretary Anurag Jain was ordered to appear by video conference on January 15, with a fresh status report due detailing emergency steps, preventive measures, accountability, compensation, and transparency.
- Laboratory reports cited fecal contamination in Bhagirathpura’s supply, including fecal coliform, E. coli, Klebsiella, and Vibrio cholerae, with tests flagging issues in the Narmada pipeline and borewells.
- Officials reported roughly 421 total hospitalisations with about 110 still admitted and 38 new diarrhoeal cases on Monday, while deaths remained disputed with official counts around 6–8 and local claims as high as 17.
- The state suspended senior municipal and PHE officials and replaced the municipal commissioner, as Congress leaders protested, sought high compensation, and the court signaled it will examine potential civil and criminal liability.