Bhubaneswar, Feb. 16 -- Following the death of one more person due to diarrhoea in Kanas block of Puri district today, Opposition BJD demanded a statement from Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on the issue.

Former Minister and BJD leader Sanjay Das Burma accused the Chief Minister of observing silence, despite outbreak of diarrhoea in five panchayats of Kanas from over past one month.

Das Burma further alleged the Health Department is hiding the figures on affected people in Kanas block that is located a little over 50 kms away from Bhubaneswar. The BJD leader claimed seven persons have succumbed to diarrhoea so far and over 500 persons are suffering from the disease have been undergoing treatment.

He said families of those who...