Bhubaneswar, June 15 -- The Odisha government on Sunday issued a high alert to all Urban Local Bodies (ULBs) following a surge in diarrhoea cases reported across multiple districts in the state.
The Housing and Urban Development (H&UD) Department has released an urgent advisory,
directing all ULBs and district-level officials to take immediate preventive and response
measures.
Principal Secretary of the H&UD Department, Usha Padhee, called for heightened vigilance and
real-time monitoring to ensure the sanitisation and safety of all water sources, especially in
vulnerable urban areas.
Senior officers in charge of districts have been instructed to remain actively engaged with the situation on the ground and to promptly report any emer...