Three die, 35 take ill after drinking ‘contaminated' piped water
Bhadravati: Three persons died, and 35 others admitted to hospital following acute gastroenteritis reportedly caused by consuming contaminated piped drinking water supplied by the gram panchayat at Maidolalu village in Bhadravati taluk.
As many as 38 persons from the village were admitted to McGann hospital, and another private hospital following complaints of vomiting, diarrhoea, and stomach ache.
Shivappa (75), and his son Hanumanthappa (35) failed to respond to the treatment and died. Panchaksharappa (64), also breathed his last on Monday morning.
"Consumption of the contaminated piped drinking water is suspected to be the reason for the outbreak of gastroenteritis. The water samples collected from two overhead tanks in the village and the house of the patients have been sent to the laboratory" District Health Officer Hanumanthappa C. told.
He said some of the patients had displayed strong symptoms of cholera too.
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Naveen Patnaik files nomination for post of BJD president for 9th time
Bhubaneswar, Apr 17 (PTI): Leader of Opposition in Odisha assembly, Naveen Patnaik, on Thursday filed his nomination papers for the post of BJD president for the ninth time here.
The former chief minister was the sole candidate for the post, said BJD’s returning officer for the organisational elections, Pratap K Deb.
Patnaik has been elected BJD president eight times in a row since the party’s inception in 1997. He was last elected to the post in February 2020.
He filed his nomination papers on the 28th death anniversary of his father Biju Patnaik, after whom the regional party, the Biju Janata Dal, is named.
“The time for filing nominations was between 10 am and 1 pm. We have received only one nomination from Naveen Patnaik and the name of the president will be announced on April 19 at Sankha Bhawan,” Deb said.
Earlier on April 15, the BJD had announced names of 18 district presidents, who were elected unopposed, in the fourth phase of the organisational elections.
Two more phases are due to be held in the next two days, Deb said.
