India, Jan. 8 -- The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Thursday took a suo motu cognisance of a "significant surge" in typhoid patients in Gujarat's Gandhinagar, allegedly due to consumption of contaminated drinking water.

The Gujarat state health department has so far confirmed 70 cases of typhoid in the state capital, which the commission said were "concentrated in a particular part of the city."

NHRC has "taken suo motu cognisance of a media report revealing a significant surge in the patients of Typhoid allegedly due to consumption of contaminated drinking water. The State Health Department has confirmed a total of 70 active cases of typhoid concentrated in a particular area of the city. Reportedly, the surge in the patient...