Diarrhoea Deaths
Diarrhoea cases in Himachal villages cross 1,200-mark in last three days
Diarrhoea cases in villages of Hamirpur district's Nadaun sub-division are estimated to have crossed 1,200 in the last three days, Health department officials said on Tuesday. The exact figure will be available later in the day, they said. According to government data, 868 cases were reported till Monday night. Of the total, one patient is undergoing treatment at the hospital. Nadaun is the assembly constituency of Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu. Preliminary tests of water samples have not indicated any contamination, Jal Shakti department officials said. Neeraj Bhogal, a superintending engineer in the department, said water samples of all schemes on Kunah khad would be taken daily and sent to a laboratory in Chandigarh. The Chandigarh lab is better equipped for such tests. Until the water quality is ascertained, it will not be supplied, he said. Water to the affected villages is supplied from nearby khads under various schemes of the Jal Shakti ...
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