Bhubaneswar, Jan. 10 -- Rising jaundice infections among students of Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) in Khordha district have been linked to contaminated water, health authorities said.

Director of Public Health, Odisha, Dr Nilkantha Mishra, added that no new cases have been reported yet and that the situation will be acted upon accordingly if numbers increase.

On Friday, Director of Public Health Odisha, Dr Nilkantha Mishra, said, "The source is the water, orofecal contamination, which means the water was contaminated and entered the system. Anyone who drinks that water, or whose food is prepared with it, is therefore at risk. Steps are being taken to decontaminate the water so that it becomes clean and potable."

He added that his te...