India, June 5 -- According to residents of Wakad, Ravet and nearby areas under the jurisdiction of the Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), they have been receiving contaminated drinking water - which is muddy, greenish in colour, and has a foul taste - since the last week of May, causing health concerns.

The residents of these areas said that several complaints have been lodged on the PCMC's 'Sarathi' portal and that many residents are complaining of stomach upset and diarrhoea.

Sachin Londe, a citizen-activist from Wakad, said that two residents from their housing society have been hospitalised due to consumption of contaminated water. "We have to spend thousands of rupees for testing the water. The PCMC is disconnecting the...