Indore Man Dies, Locals Claim 29th Contaminated Water Death; HC Orders Inquiry
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News18•28-01-2026, 14:15
Indore Man Dies, Locals Claim 29th Contaminated Water Death; HC Orders Inquiry
- •A 62-year-old man, Khubchand Bandhaiya, died in Indore's Bhagirathpura area, with his family attributing the death to diarrhea from contaminated drinking water.
- •Locals claim this is the 29th death in a month-long diarrhea outbreak in Bhagirathpura caused by tainted water.
- •A state government 'death audit' report to the Madhya Pradesh High Court linked 16 deaths in the area to the water crisis.
- •The Madhya Pradesh High Court has appointed former HC judge Justice Sushil Kumar Gupta to lead a judicial inquiry into the Bhagirathpura water issue, with an interim report due in four weeks.
- •Officials confirmed contaminated water in 51 Bhagirathpura tube wells, finding E. coli bacteria, and identified a leak in the municipal pipeline allowing sewage to mix with drinking water.
Why It Matters: Contaminated water in Indore's Bhagirathpura leads to deaths; High Court orders judicial inquiry.
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