Indore Water Crisis Deepens As Fresh Diarrhoea Cases Strain Hospitals

Indore’s public health emergency intensified on Saturday after four fresh diarrhoea cases emerged in the Bhagirathpura area, pushing the number of hospitalised patients to 41, including 12 in intensive care units.

Health officials confirmed that the spike followed continued exposure to contaminated drinking water, triggering swift medical and administrative intervention.

Chief Health and Medical Officer Dr Madhav Prasad Hasani stated that the condition of one patient worsened overnight, prompting doctors to shift the patient from a general ward to an ICU.

Hospitals had admitted 11 ICU patients a day earlier, underscoring the fragile health condition of several residents.

Since the outbreak began, hospitals across Indore have admitted 420 patients with diarrhoea. Medical teams have discharged 379 patients after they were stabilised, while more than 30 hospitals remain on alert to manage the continuing influx.

Doctors attributed the crisis directly to polluted groundwater sources in the affected locality.

Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya asserted that the situation has begun to stabilise.

During a ground visit to Bhagirathpura, he informed residents and media that authorities have completed nearly 30 per cent of the work to lay a new pipeline supplying Narmada water.

Officials expect the water supply to resume in select pockets within the next two to three days.

Contaminated Supply & Urgent Response

Vijayvargiya revealed that tests found water from over 100 borewells contaminated. Authorities instructed residents to consume only tanker-supplied water and ordered a halt on permissions for new borewells to prevent further contamination. He also directed officials to intensify monitoring across the locality.

The administration has launched a comprehensive door-to-door health screening drive covering nearly 50,000 to 60,000 residents.

Multiple medical teams are conducting examinations, identifying high-risk individuals, and ensuring timely hospital referrals when symptoms escalate.

Senior officials, including Additional Chief Secretary Neeraj Mandloi, Indore in-charge Anupam Rajan, District Collector Shivram Verma, and Municipal Commissioner Kshitij Singhal, inspected the area and interacted directly with residents.

Mandloi confirmed that water supply in nearly one-third of Bhagirathpura will resume within one or two days, while the full 15–20 km pipeline project will conclude over the next two months.

As Indore battles this contamination crisis, authorities continue to combine emergency healthcare with infrastructure repair, aiming to restore safe drinking water and public confidence.

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