65-year-old elderly woman dies of diarrhea

In Bilaspur district, there has been a third death due to diarrhea on Tuesday. 65-year-old elderly woman Dhankunwar Rajak died of diarrhea in Ward No. 56, Chantidih. Amit Rajak, the nephew of the deceased, told that there is leakage somewhere in the pipeline coming from Irani locality, due to which the drain and rain water is being supplied. The cause of diarrhea can be the supply of contaminated water. Here, the Municipal Corporation’s lab has given the OK report of the sample test of the water of the affected area.

Let us inform that the water testing laboratory of Municipal Corporation was established in 2017 in the Kududand Pump House premises. The PHE, which implemented the 81 crore water augmentation scheme in the city, spent Rs 20 lakh on setting up the lab. While handing over, a chemist and two assistants were appointed in the lab in a hurry on daily wages. These workers are still working on daily wages. Lack of facilities in the lab. H2S kit is being used for sample test. Through this, the bacteriological report is extracted.