Overview
- India’s human rights commission issued a notice to Gujarat’s Chief Secretary and requested a detailed account within two weeks.
- Officials attribute the localized outbreak to seven leak points that allowed sewage to mix with drinking water in parts of Gandhinagar.
- Case tallies differ across agencies, with about 70 active cases reported by the State Health Department and 133 suspected cases cited by the municipal corporation.
- Most patients are children, a 30-bed paediatric ward has been opened at Gandhinagar Civil Hospital, and no deaths have been reported.
- Authorities report repairs and containment steps including chlorine and ORS distribution, door-to-door surveillance by health teams, and reviews by state and central leaders, while fact-checks reject claims of a nationwide outbreak.