Dehradun, Jan. 4 -- Contaminated municipal water in Indore's Bhagirathpura area has claimed at least seven lives, as over 2,000 residents were affected by severe vomiting and diarrhoea. The crisis, linked to a leakage in the main Narmada water supply pipeline - exacerbated by a toilet constructed overhead - has exposed serious administrative lapses in India's repeatedly awarded "cleanest city". This is despite the fact that Madhya Pradesh Urban Development Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya is the local MLA. In response the state government has dismissed one official, suspended two and formed a three-member probe panel.
According to the state government there was a lack of coordination between the Mayor and municipal officials. Two senior IMC o...