KARACHI: Around 100-150 children die every day in Pakistan because of diarrhoeal related illnesses.

With the onset of summer, surge in cases of diarrhea has raised concern of authorities in the state capital.

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Nearly 200 villagers have fallen ill after drinking contaminated water supplied by the public-health authorities in Khaliavaas village of the district in four days. The villagers with the complaint of vomiting, stomach upset and diarrhea have been undergoing treatment in various private nursing homes besides the General Hospital and trauma centre in the town.

An outbreak of diarrhoea has been reported in various VDCs and Hetauda Municipality area in Makawanpur district.

Number of patients suffering from diarrhoea has increased at the District Hospital, Darchula.

Non-maintenance of tube wells and water tanks has forced villagers in Rayagada district to drink contaminated water

Shortage of drinking water due to non-maintenance of tube wells and water tanks has forced villagers in Rayagada district in Odisha to drink contaminated water, raising concern of increase in water-borne diseases.

Around 59.5 per cent of the population of Berhampur is compelled to opt for open air defecation, which has become a major health hazard.

Members of ‘Children’s Federation’, an organisation of children living in slums of the city, demanded that the Berhampur Municipal Corporation (BMC) and administration should initiate measures so that Berhampur could become the first open air defecation free city of Odisha.

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