Gandhinagar typhoid surge: Amit Shah calls for swift govt action

AHMEDABAD: (Jan 5) Union Home Minister Amit Shah has directed the administration in Gandhinagar city to work on a war footing amid the emergence of nearly 100 cases of suspected typhoid, the Gujarat government said.

Due to leakage in a water pipeline, cases of suspected typhoid, a water-borne disease, were reported in Sectors 24, 28, and Adivada area of Gandhinagar city a few days ago, the state government said in a release on Sunday.

Shah has ordered the immediate repair of the pipeline, it said.