"Never Expected...": Journalist Praised For Grilling MP Minister On Indore Water Contamination Deaths
Indore, Madhya Pradesh: The death toll has been surging in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore, after over 2,000 people fell ill after allegedly consuming contaminated water supplied through a government pipeline at a locality. At least 10 people have lost their lives so far.
On Wednesday night, an NDTV journalist, Anurag Dwary, confronted Madhya Pradesh Minister, Kailash Vijayvargiya, asking him a question about the government’s failure to provide clean water in a city that has maintained the position of being India’s cleanest city for the past several years.
Read Also: Indore Municipal Pipeline Water Contamination: Nearly 10 Killed, Over 1,000 Fall Ill
In a video shared by Dwary, he is seen asking the minister about the municipal pipe water contamination, while the minister ignores and brushes off the question. “More than 10 people have died from drinking contaminated water in the country’s cleanest city; the person responsible for providing clean water to the people is dismissing the questions as freebies, brushing off our questions in “hours,” the journalist wrote on his X handle while sharing the now-viral video.
देश के सबसे साफ शहर में गंदा पानी पीने से 10 से ज्यादा लोगों की मौत हो चुकी है जिस शख्स पर लोगों को साफ पानी पिलाने का जिम्मा है वो सवालों को फोकट बता रहे हैं हमारे सवालों को “घंटे” में उड़ा रहे हैं @manishdekoder @GargiRawat @Abhinav_Pan @sanket pic.twitter.com/5iIF2AiFZ7
— Anurag Dwary (@Anurag_Dwary) December 31, 2025
Seeing the video, fact-checker Zubair lauded the journalist, saying he never expected any Indian journalist “to give it back to someone as powerful as Kailash Vijayvargiya, Amit Shah’s man.” Zubair added that it brings hope to him seeing the video of the journalist questioning and holding power accountable.
Read Also: Water-Mixed Diesel: Madhya Pradesh CM’s Convoy Breaks Down; Pump Sealed, Probe Underway
A user appreciated the reported stating, “What he did is very rare in today’s India. More power to such journalism.”
As more people report health issues, more arrangements have been made in hospitals. The death toll is also climbing, as more fatalities have been reported throughout the day.
