More than 200 people took ill after drinking contaminated water at Thadakoda village in the taluk on Monday.

They fell ill after drinking water from a tap installed in a drainage. As many as 24 people have been admitted at Garaga Primary Health Centre, the district hospital and the German Hospital in Dharwad. As many as 90 people are receiving treatment as outpatients. A few of those who fell sick are receiving treatment at private hospitals in the taluk.