Seven people died of diarrhoea in the Dhaka city and Jossore in the past seven days till 5:00pm on Friday as waterborne diseases spread in many parts of the country because of contaminated water and hot and humid weather, according to the health control room.
Doctors and Public Health Bodies in the city are preparing themselves for summer outbreaks and have suggested a series of precautions.
A Joint Monitoring Committee comprising health officers of the BBMP, executive engineers from the BWSSB and officials from the BMP has been set up to deal with epidemics.
PARADIP: More than 25 persons of coastal villages of Balikuda block have been affected by diarrhoea following consumption of contaminated water.
Sources said 20 to 25 coastal villages under Balikuda and Ersama blocks are reeling under acute water crisis as a result of which, people are forced to consume contaminated water of canals and ponds.
AROUND 200 adolescent girls employed in a textile mill in the suburbs of Madurai are down with diarrhoea and vomiting on March 8 and many of them are still undergoing treatment in hospital.
At least 200 people, most of them women and children, have been affected. Residents have attributed the disease to water contamination, as there are no proper drinking water facilities Water from the lake, which is sometimes brackish, is pumped into a tank, from where it is made available to the residents through taps on the ground
Around 400 residents demonstrated outside Mahestala municipality on Tuesday morning demanding immediate removal of denim dyeing and bleaching units from the area.
According to the protesters, the 1,500-plus denim dyeing units in the area
KOLKATA, Feb. 20: Unable to pull up its own people for their failure to prevent an outbreak of diarrhoea in areas of Garden Reach due to drinking water contamination, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to put the Garden Reach Waterworks, under Kolkata Metropolitan Water & Sanitation Authorities, a nodal agency of KMDA, at fault.
The civic body on Tuesday claimed that overflowing drains and use of mono-block (household) pumps in illegal buildings had caused the outbreak of diarrhoea in Garden Reach, while residents continued to protest water contamination in the area.
A four-year-old girl had died on Monday, allegedly after drinking water contaminated with sewage.
Calcutta, Feb. 16: Suspected sewage contamination of drinking water supplied by the Calcutta Municipal Corporation to Garden Reach has made many children sick and prompted allegations that the toxic mix caused the death of a four-year-old.
