"Compensation given to 18 affected families," says Indore Collector over water contamination incident

Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], January 7 : The official death toll due to consumption of contaminated water in Indore's Bhagirathpura area is yet to be known, the district collector said on Wednesday.
Collector Shivam Verma further highlighted that the affected families were given a financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh each as per the instructions of Chief Minister Mohan Yadav, adding that free treatment was being provided to people undergoing treatment.
In conversation with ANI, Collector Verma said, "According to the survey work being conducted in Bhagirathpura, the number of patients who were continuously showing symptoms of vomiting and diarrhoea has decreased significantly. Today, only two patients have been referred for admission to the hospital. Currently, a total of eighty people are admitted to our hospitals, fifteen of whom are in the ICU. They are receiving the best possible treatment free of cost, as per the instructions of the Chief Minister."
When asked about how many people received compensation, he stated, "Currently, eighteen people have been given compensation. A panel of senior doctors has also been formed to conduct death analysis in all such cases to determine if the deaths were related to symptoms of vomiting and diarrhoea. We are awaiting their report, but even before that, as per the Chief Minister's instructions, we have provided financial assistance of Rs 2 lakh to all affected families."
He further said that continuous efforts were being made to make the situation normal in the Bhagirathpura area. Boring wells have been chlorinated and the Narmada water supply pipeline is also being chlorinated. After that, again water sampling will be done and supply will be continued after its report is found completely normal.
"As per the instructions of the Chief Minister, a survey of the entire city is being conducted. We are surveying the entire city's drinking water supply line. Work is being done on all points, including leak repairs and chamber maintenance. Similarly, the same activity is being carried out in our municipal council areas and rural areas. Complaints related to drinking water are being checked. Surveys of our water lines are being conducted, and simultaneously, the borewells are also being inspected," he added.
Meanwhile, when Chief Minister Mohan Yadav was questioned about the death toll in the Indore incident and compensation was given to 18 families, he said that it was an unfortunate incident and they were not focusing on numbers but standing with the people.
"As the death figure is concerned, even the loss of a single life is a matter of deep sorrow for us. That is why we are not focusing on the numbers. From the administration's perspective, they have their own method of counting those who underwent post-mortem examinations; that was their figure. We said that's fine; it was a tragic incident, and whatever the people there want, from the point of view of providing relief, we are with all of them rather than that number," said CM Yadav while addressing the media in Bhopal.