May 18: E. coli contamination of drinking water has spread to new areas in the city because of the laxity of the Water Board and the GHMC.
Samples from Marredpally, Addagutta and Azad Chandrasekhar Nagar have shown sufficiently large presence of E. coli bacteria, indicating mixing of human excreta with piped drinking water.

HYDERABAD: The country

A day after India confirmed its first case of A/H1N1 influenza virus, government tightened the screening process of passengers from flu affected countries. Authorities had on Saturday confirmed that a 23-year-old IT student in Hyderabad had tested positive of carrying the virus.

On Sunday authorities also admitted a mother-son duo in Chennai with suspected symptoms of the disease.

Hyderabad, May 15: The APSRTC has decided to introduce 1,500 low floor buses in Hyderabad, Vijayawada and Visakhapatnam.

The low floor buses are safer since they have no steps, have large sliding windows, handle bars, pneumatic doors and more space for standing passengers. They are expected to improve accessibility and prevent mishaps.

May 14: The report submitted by the Institute of Preventive medicine (IPM) after testing 10 samples said that none of the samples tested positive. This report was submitted to the state health officials on Thursday.

May 13: Health authorities on Tuesday said one passenger, who had disembarked at the Hyderabad airport, has been referred to health facility for suspected H1N1 influenza virus. The authorities, meanwhile, maintained no positive flu case has been identified in the country so far.

May 13: In all, 56 fresh cases of diarrhoea and vomiting were reported at the government hospitals in the city on Wednesday.
Among them, only four patients at Gandhi Hospital and one at Osmania Hospital are from Bholakpur, said the health officials.
The new patients came from places like Moula Ali, Naryanguda and other parts of the city.

May 13: The Chief Minister, many ministers and IAS officers in the Secretariat do not trust the water supplied by the Water Board. Instead, Rs 20 lakh is spent every month to buy them bottled water.

May 13: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has been sitting over two dozen other Bholakpurs in the city. As many as 25 slums at various places in the city are highly vulnerable to diarrhoea and gastro enteritis (GE) cases.

May 12: The Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB) has been sitting on dirty reservoirs for years now.
There are 80 service reservoirs in the city where water is brought from the source and stored before being supplied to the citizens.