Bhopal, Jan. 6 -- The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Tuesday expressed strong displeasure at the BJP state government and local administration, and termed as 'insensitive', the government's response over the deaths of several people due to contaminated water of Narmada river supplied by the Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) through taps in households of the Bhagirathpura locality in the city.

Hearing the matter, the Indore bench of the High Court directed State Chief Secretary Anurag Jain to virtually attend the next hearing in the matter, scheduled on January 15.

High Court Bar Association President, Ritesh Inani, who is also a petitioner in the case, informed media persons after the hearing that the court simultaneously heard three petit...