India, Dec. 30 -- Over 50 people have been hospitalised after having contaminated water in Indore's Bhagirathpura, residents said, maintaining that three of them died even as the authorities said they have no information about the deaths.

Chief medical and health officer Madhav Hasnani said they had not received any information about deaths from private hospitals, even as they were informed about a large number of patients from a particular area reporting vomiting and diarrhoea. "We swung into action and deployed a health department team in the area."

Hasnani cited the initial probe and said it suggests the problem may have arisen due to excavation work in a ward and surrounding areas, or contamination in the overhead tank.

Residents s...