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More than 40 people got infected with jaundice in Dandasahi village under Biridi block of Jagatsinghpur district over the past five days. With no access to clean drinking water in the area, villagers are reportedly forced to rely on three to four tubewells, which are suspected to be contaminated.
One villager said, "The tubewells in the village are contaminated, and when people began falling ill after using them, we started fetching water from another area that's a little farther from here."
New cases of fever are still being reported daily. "Over 40 people are infected, and new cases are being reported every day. People from ou...