Amid contamination woes, Indore mayor drinks tap water in diarrhoea-hit Bhagirathpura

INDORE: (Jan 16) Indore Mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava on Friday drank tap water in Bhagirathpura amid the water contamination tragedy in the area even as the local administration claimed it has restored the supply of clean drinking water to about 30 per cent of the area after repairing municipal pipeline leaks.

Bhagirathpura hit national headlines in the last week of December after several people died following an outbreak of vomiting and diarrhoea caused by contaminated drinking water.

Bhargava, while carrying out a review here, drank water supplied to homes through taps connected to the pipeline and said it was pure.