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60 fall ill due to water, food contamination

Staff Reporter

Seepage in pipeline of overhead drinking water tank identified

Of 31 in Somuladoddi village who took ill, 18 were children
Condition of eight persons said to be serious

ANANTAPUR: About 60 persons including 25 children were taken ill in two incidents of water contamination and food poisoning in two villages in the district on Sunday. All of them were rushed to the hospital here, where the condition of eight persons was stated to be serious.

According to information reaching here, 31 persons of Somuladoddi village in Anantapur rural mandal took ill with the water supplied through the protected water supply scheme in the village. Of the 31 who were ill, 18 were children in the age group of 7 to 11 years. The overhead tank in the village gets filled with water from a bore well sunk on the bed of nearby Tadakaleru rainwater stream through pipeline.

However, the pipeline was damaged at one place thus allowing seepage of stagnated water in the stream. Unfortunately none noticed the damaged pipeline.

The overhead tank water was released in the morning. Those who consumed the ‘contaminated’ water immediately fell sick with vomiting and diarrhoea. The toll rose within no The damage to the pipe was found later and was repaired. In Narpala village, 30 persons had taken ill after having sweets and savouries in a family function in the house of one E. Krishnaiah. They were also rushed to the hospital here. There were four children among them. The condition of these children and four elders were stated to be serious. It was being suspected that food poisoning could have occurred due to contamination in the edible oil used in the sweets and savouries.

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