High levels of iron, nitrates and chlorides and turbidity in groundwater in 80 villages of trans-Ganga and Yamuna areas is playing havoc with the health of thousands of unsuspecting villagers.

Alarmed over the rise in ailments related to heart, kidney and blood, the district administration has deployed 10-12 tankers to quench the thirst of the villagers in these areas.

Number of patients suffering from viral diarrhea has been on the rise here of late.

With diarrhoea cases among kids below the age of one increasing in Rukum, the district hospital has sought help from the centre.

A large number of children below two years of age have been afflicted by diarrhoea in Jumla.

Four infants died of diarrhoea in Rukum in the last three days. They died while undergoing treatment at the District Hospital, Rukum.

At least four children have died due to diarrhoea and pneumonia since Friday in Rukum.

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In the first two weeks of May 2011, more than 30 persons took ill due to water contamination in Bangalore’s Dasarahalli zone. A year earlier, Mudda Gangamma, 62, of Doddaballapur died after consuming filthy water. Death due to water contamination is nothing new in Karnataka.

According to a study, the use of toilets by children in rural areas is less than 12 percent as against 47 percent in urban areas.

Despite being in power for last six years, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) in Sindh couldn't improve the health infrastructure in terms of clean water supply to the province.

Health Dept Statistics Caution Against Diarrhoea

Though the state boasts of high health standards, statistics revealed by the health department indicates severe threat from several communicable diseases.