At least nine people have died and more than 200 have been hospitalized in the central Indian city of Indore after an outbreak of diarrhea, which officials say is linked to contaminated drinking water. This is reported by Reuters, according to UNN.
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Indore's chief medical officer, Madhav Prasad Hasani, told Reuters by phone that drinking water in the city's Bhagirathpur area was contaminated due to a leak, and water analysis confirmed the presence of bacteria in the pipeline.
Shravan Verma, an administrative official in the district, said authorities had deployed teams of doctors to go door-to-door to patients and were distributing chlorine tablets to purify water.
We found one leak that could have contaminated the water, and that leak has been fixed.
According to the publication, Indore, in the state of Madhya Pradesh, has been named India's cleanest city and has topped the national cleanliness rankings for the past eight years.
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This winter, New Delhi recorded its worst air pollution in nearly a decade, leading to rare public protests and criticism of the government. The air quality index exceeded 300 on 88% of days in November and December, the highest since 2017.