Last Update: January 31, 2023, 00:07 AM IST
Some patients have been referred to hospitals in Hamirpur. (Shutterstock)
Over 530 people fell ill after allegedly drinking contaminated water in a dozen villages till Sunday night and the number rose further on Monday.
Health department officials said on Monday that a total of 868 cases of diarrhea have been reported so far in Naudaun subdivision of Hamirpur district, out of which one victim is undergoing treatment in the hospital.
Hamirpur Deputy Commissioner Debashweta Banik said that six teams of the health department have screened people in 47 villages.
He said that the health check-up of the people in the diarrhea affected villages is being done at a rapid pace and the Chief Medical Officer and the District Health Officer have been directed to make all necessary arrangements, medicines and ORS packets in sufficient quantity have been sent to the affected villages.
The DC said that two additional vehicles have been provided from Health Block Tauni Devi for the teams working in the field.
Apart from the Jal Shakti Department, the Health Department has also taken water samples and sent them for examination.
Till Sunday night, over 530 people fell ill after allegedly drinking contaminated water in a dozen villages and the number rose further on Monday.
Banah, Jandgi Gujran, Jandali Rajputan, Paniyala, Pathiyalu, Niyati, Rangas Chowki Har, Thane and Shankar were among the most affected villages.
Rangas Panchayat chief Rajeev Kumar had said on Sunday that at least two to three people in every household have fallen ill after consuming contaminated water provided by the Jal Shakti Department.
It is believed that the high concentration of bacteria in the water causes the disease, he said, and attributed this to the contamination of the pit from which the water is supplied.
Villagers said that water was supplied from an under-construction tank without filters. The report of the water sample is still awaited.
Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, who is also the MLA from Naudan, has directed the district administration and the health department to take proper care of the patients and ensure that there is no shortage of medicines and other items.
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