Patiala, July 11 -- With 15 fresh cases reported on Thursday, the diarrhoea outbreak in Alipur Arriyan village of Patiala district continues to spiral out of control.

In all, there have been 131 cases of diarrhoea reported so far. Despite the district administration's efforts over the past seven days, the situation remains the same due to the failure to restore clean drinking water supply in the affected area.

Patiala Municipal Corporation has so far failed to identify and fix the suspected leakage in the underground water pipeline.

According to officials, multiple inspections have been carried out, but the exact location of the leakage is yet to be found.

Paramvir Singh, commissioner, Patiala Municipal Corporation, said, "We have fix...