NEW DELHI: At least 10 people have died while more the 1,400 are affected due to a diarrhoea outbreak caused by contaminated water in Bhagirathpura area of Madhya Pradesh's Indore.“According to health department data, four people have died due to the diarrhea outbreak in Bhagirathpura. However, I have received information about 10 deaths due to this outbreak,” Indore Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava told PTI.

Cleanest City Hit By Water Contamination As Lab Links Indore Diarrhoea Outbreak To Pipeline Leak

Madhya Pradesh CM also issued a statement assuring action and ordering removal of Additional Commissioner from Indore, and In-Charge Superintending Engineer from duties.This comes after – according to officials – a leakage was found in the main drinking water supply pipeline near a police outpost in Bhagirathpura, at a spot over which a toilet has been constructed.

They claimed the leakage led to contamination of the water supply.According to locals, one of the victims, who was just six-month-old, died after he fell sick due to alleged consumption of contaminated water.According to the family, the child fell ill with diarrhoea on December 26 and was taken to a local doctor, who prescribed medication. The family brought the child back home after check-up, but on December 29, the infant suffered a high fever and died at home.What we know so far

• Residents of the Bhagirathpura began reporting to hospitals across the city from Monday onwards, complaining of vomiting, high fever and diarrhoea.

• Officials said the contamination occurred after sewage water from a toilet constructed at a local police check post seeped into the drinking water line.

• After the outbreak, laboratory tests confirmed that the diarrhoea outbreak was caused by contaminated drinking water.

• According to Indore's chief medical and health officer Dr Madhav Prasad Hasani, the report was prepared by city-based medical college.

• It claimed that the water collected from Bhagirathpura were contaminated due to a leak in a main supply pipeline.

• However, officials were yet to identify the specific bacteria responsible.

• Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav issued a statement saying, "Following the stern action taken against the responsible officials in connection with the tragic incident caused by the supply of contaminated drinking water in Indore, we are also taking corrective measures for other places in the state. For this purpose, instructions have been given to the concerned officials to prepare time-bound programs. In this regard, a virtual meeting of the mayors, chairpersons, and commissioners of all 16 municipal corporations, along with district collectors, officials from the health department, urban development department, public health engineering department, and other relevant headquarters-level officials, has been convened this evening. In this meeting, a review of the entire state will be conducted, and necessary instructions will be issued."