Water Contamination
In response to the ongoing water contamination crisis in Indore's Bhagirathpura area—which has caused at least eight deaths and hundreds of illnesses from diarrhoea since late December 2025—the central government is providing financial and technical aid via AMRUT 2.0 schemes. Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Tokhan Sahu shared these details in a Rajya Sabha reply on February 2, 2026.
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In Gujarat's Gandhinagar, 102 typhoid patients, mostly children, have been hospitalized over the last two days. Officials blame drinking water contamination from municipal drainage repair work. No deaths have occurred, but surveillance and emergency measures have been intensified.