As many as 10 residents of Chinnakar village in (*10*) taluk of Yadgir district have been admitted to the District Hospital after they complained of vomiting and diarrhoea in the final three days after consuming what’s suspected to be contaminated water.
This is the second such incident in the taluk after three people from Anapur village died and 80 people have been admitted to hospitals attributable to vomiting and diarrhoea after they consumed contaminated water.
According to the authorities involved, water samples have been despatched for examination and a report is awaited.
“The situation is under control as medical officers are providing preliminary treatment to the affected people. And, those who were admitted to the District Hospital have already been discharged,” Taluk Health Officer Hanumanth Reddy advised The Hindu.
