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  • Illness count from contaminated water in Hamirpur villages touches 535, Himachal CM seeks report

    Illness count from contaminated water in Hamirpur villages touches 535, Himachal CM seeks report

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    Hamirpur: The number of people taken ill after allegedly consuming contaminated water in a dozen villages of Nadaun sub-division in Himachal Pradesh’s Hamirpur district rose to 535 on Sunday.

    People from a dozen villages, including Banh, Jandgi Gujran, Jandali Rajputan, Panyala, Pathiyalu, Niyati, Rangas Chowki Haar, Thain and Sankar have been affected by the outbreak of water-borne diseases.

    Rajeev Kumar, the head of Rangas panchayat, had earlier in the day said the number of people taken ill crossed 300.

    Some patients have been referred to hospitals in Hamirpur.

    Two to three people in every household have taken ill after consuming contaminated water provided by the Jal Shakti department, he added.

    It is believed that the high amount of bacteria in the water is causing the illness, Kumar said. He attributed it to contamination of the pit from which the water is supplied.

    Villagers said the water was supplied without being filtered from an under-construction tank, causing the outbreak.

    Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, who is also the MLA from Naudan, has directed the district administration and the Health department to take proper care of the patients and ensure no shortage of medicines and other items.

    He has also sought a complete report from state- and district-level agencies.

    Health department teams have reached the affected villages to provide treatment to the people under the direct supervision of Chief Medical Officer (Hamirpur) Dr RK Agnihotri.

    Officials from the Jal Shakti department have swung into action. It has stopped water supply to the affected villages and sent samples for testing.

    Bottled water is being distributed among the people after supply was stopped, said a junior engineer in the department.

    Deputy Commissioner Debasweta Banik said essential medicines, ORS packets, chlorine tablets and other materials were delivered to the villages through doctors, health and Asha workers.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )

  • HP: About 150 people fall ill after consuming contaminated water

    HP: About 150 people fall ill after consuming contaminated water

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    Hamirpur: As many as 150 people in Rangas, Kandrola, and Jol-Sappad panchayats of the Nadaun sub-division of Hamirpur district fell ill allegedly after consuming contaminated water.

    The drinking water was being supplied from a drinking water scheme from the nearby khads.

    According to reports, people from a dozen villages, including Banh, Jandgi Gujran, Jandali Rajputan, Panyala, Pathiyalu, Niyati, Rangas Chowki Haar, Thain and Sankar have been affected by the outbreak of water-borne diseases and the number is expected to go up.

    Patients from these villages were complaining of vomiting and diarrhoea for the last three days, alleging that consuming contaminated water led to the problem.

    Block medical officer (BMO) Dr KK Sharma said that three teams of the health department were sent to the spot. Of these, two teams have been sent from Nadaun hospital and one from Rail hospital.

    Patients are being treated and water samples have been collected and sent for examination. The reason behind the spread of diarrhoea will be known after the report comes in, he said.

    Chief Medical Officer (Hamirpur) RK Agnihotri said that efforts are afoot to provide proper treatment to the people who have fallen ill.

    District Health Officer Sanjay Jagota has advised the people to drink boiled water till the disease is controlled and said that Chlorine tablets were also being distributed to ensure the cleanliness of the water sources from where the water is supplied to these villages.

    The Asha workers are also going door-to-door collecting details of the patients and instructing them to take precautions.

    Ilam Din, a member of Rangas Panchayat, said that he started getting calls from villagers on Saturday morning and it seems that more than 150 people are suffering from stomach-related diseases.

    Similar complaints are also being reported from the adjoining Kandrola panchayat.

    Fandi Khan, former deputy head of Rangas gram panchayat, said the number of patients could be more. The condition of the elderly people there is bad and no team of the health department has reached the area.

    Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, who is also the MLA from Naudan, has directed the district administration and the health department to take proper care of the patients and ensure that there was no shortage of medicines and other items.

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    ( With inputs from www.siasat.com )