Overview
- Indore divisional commissioner Sudam Khade said seven deaths have been recorded so far as 38 fresh diarrhoea cases were logged on Monday at the Bhagirathpura primary health centre.
- Officials reported 110 patients in hospitals with 15 in intensive care, updating figures that had stood at 142 hospitalisations a day earlier.
- Authorities launched a real-time household survey using the Kobo tool with about 200 teams, distributing ORS, zinc and water-purification drops, and stationed ambulances and round-the-clock doctors.
- Laboratory analyses confirmed multiple pathogens in tap water, including E. coli, Salmonella and Vibrio cholerae, consistent with sewage entering the supply through breaches in old pipelines and a toilet built over a main line.
- Administrative action includes the removal of Indore’s municipal commissioner, suspensions of senior civic officials and NHRC scrutiny, while the death toll remains disputed by locals and the city’s mayor.