Three year old boy dies, more than 50 fall sick after drinking contaminated water in Raichur
Raichur: A three-year-old boy died after drinking contaminated water in Rekalmaradi village in Devagurga taluk in Raichur district. More than 50 people fell ill in the village after consuming the contaminated water, officials said.
On Thursday, around 25 people were taken to primary health center as they suffered vomiting and loose motion and on Friday the number increased to more than 30.
According to Raichur district health officer Dr. Surendra Babu, women and children were infected the most as they were at home and consumed tap water mixed with drain water. He added that all the infected were rushed to PHC at Devagurga and the critically ill were taken to RIMS at Raichur.
Due to rise in temperature the borewells in the village went dry and all the three RO plants which the gram panchayat had set up are not working. Because of this, People are depending on private borewells and panchayat tap connection from where they get water once in 15-20 days, villagers said.
According to the villagers, the underground pipeline that supplies water to taps burst and drain water got mixed with tap water on Thursday. After taking this contaminated water, people fell ill.
“The infected were injected with IV fluids as they were dehydrated. We regret not being able to save three-year-old boy Hanumesh; he died due to continuous vomiting and loose motion. He was brought to hospital late; he would have survived had IV fluid been given. The rest are recovering,” Dr. Babu said. “Necessary medicine and IV fluids are being given at the PHC. All the infected may be discharged on Monday.”
He added that such incidents are common in Kalyan Karnataka region where drinking water is being supplied to every village through tankers in summers. Tap water is not supplied as groundwater level goes down. “The sample of the contaminated water that people drank was sent to a Bengaluru laboratory for testing,” he said.
Ramesh Karoshi, a villager from Rekalmaradi blamed Devagurga panchayat for the tragedy, He said, “Despite dozens of representations the panchayat officials did not respond. The underground pipeline got broken about a month ago. As the village is being supplied tap water once in 15-20 days, people used the water supplied on Thursday and Friday.”
Karoshi said that the broken underground pipeline was replaced and ROs were made functional after the tragedy. “The administration which did not care despite many petitions has now woken up. We would have saved Hanumesh had the administration been sincere,” he said.
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Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case accused Mahesh Raut gets interim bail for law exams
Mumbai, Apr 3 (PTI): A special NIA court on Thursday granted interim bail to Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case accused Mahesh Raut from April 20 to May 16 to appear for his law degree exams.
Raut was arrested in 2018 for his alleged role in the case and is currently lodged in Taloja jail in neighbouring Navi Mumbai.
Special Judge Chakor Bhaviskar granted Raut bail to appear for the second semester Bachelor of Laws (LLB) exams in Mumbai.
The special National Investigation Agency court granted Raut temporary relief on executing a personal recognition bond of Rs 50,000 with a surety of the same amount.
The court also allowed him to appear for the semester one ATKT (allowed to keep terms) exam on April 4 and viva-voice and assignment presentation on April 9 under police escort.
It also directed Raut to furnish proof of his residential address for this period as well as an active mobile number to jail authorities and the probe agency.
The accused shall not misuse the liberty granted to him and shall immediately surrender to the jail authority on the same day when the examination is over, the court said.
Raut and 14 other activists were booked in connection with allegedly provocative speeches that were delivered at the Elgar Parishad conclave held in Pune on December 31, 2017. It triggered violence at Koregaon Bhima there the next day.
As per Pune police, the conclave was backed by Maoists.
The National Investigation Agency later took over the probe into the case.
