India, Jan. 29 -- Eighty per cent of the reported cases of Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) are from areas around a well in Nanded village on Sinhagad Road which supplies water to the adjoining villages. The revelation was made by state health minister Prakash Abitkar during his visit yesterday to take stock of the GBS situation. The well, which is more than 50 years' old, is owned by the Kanade family and is used to store water. According to local residents, the well gets untreated water from Khadakwasla which is then supplied as it is (without any purification process) to Kirkatwadi, Nanded, parts of Dhayari, Kolhewadi and Khadakwasla through powerful pumps.

It is said that till about five years ago when the well was under the Gram Pancha...