Indore: Lab Test Confirms Life-Threatening Drinking Water Supply Behind Diarrhoea Outbreak (Photo on X @gemsofbabus_)
Indore, Madhya Pradesh: A laboratory test in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore has confirmed a diarrhea outbreak, which has killed at least ten people while affecting over 20,00.
The test confirmed that the illnesses were driven by the contaminated drinking water due to the mixing of sewage, as it found substantiated that a life-threatening substance in the water supplied by the municipal pipeline.
Sharing the development, Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, said that there was no water but just poison being distributed, while the administration slumbered. “Mourning has spread from home to home, the poor are helpless—and to top it off, arrogant statements from BJP leaders. Those whose hearths have gone cold needed solace; the government served up hubris instead,” the Congress leader said.
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People repeatedly complained about the dirty, foul-smelling water—yet why was there no heed, Rahul Gandhi said asking, “How did sewage mix into the drinking water? Why wasn’t the supply shut off in time? When will action be taken against the responsible officers and leaders? These aren’t “freebie” questions—they’re demands for accountability.”
“Clean water isn’t a favor; it’s a right to life. And for the murder of this right, the BJP’s double-engine government, its negligent administration, and its callous leadership are entirely responsible. Madhya Pradesh has now become the epicenter of misgovernance—deaths from cough syrup in one place, rats in government hospitals claiming children’s lives in another, and now deaths from drinking sewage-mixed water. And every time the poor die, Modi ji, as always, remains silent,” the Congress leader added in an X post.
इंदौर में पानी नहीं, ज़हर बंटा और प्रशासन कुंभकर्णी नींद में रहा।
घर-घर मातम है, गरीब बेबस हैं – और ऊपर से BJP नेताओं के अहंकारी बयान। जिनके घरों में चूल्हा बुझा है, उन्हें सांत्वना चाहिए थी; सरकार ने घमंड परोस दिया।
लोगों ने बार-बार गंदे, बदबूदार पानी की शिकायत की – फिर भी…
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) January 2, 2026
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Indore, Madhya Pradesh’s commercial capital, has been ranked as India’s cleanest city for the last eight years.
The laboratory report, which was prepared by a city-based medical college, pointed out that the drinking water was contaminated due to a leakage in a pipeline in the Bhagirathpura area, from where the outbreak has been reported, said Indore’s Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO), Dr Madhav Prasad Hasani.
