Water contamination: Mayor takes stock of Mauli Jagran in Chandigarh, visits residents admitted to hospital
Mayor Davesh Moudgil on Tuesday visited the residents of Mauli Jagran, who were taken ill after drinking contaminated water, at Civil Hospital, Manimajra.
Three more residents visited the hospital on Tuesday.
Over 50 residents were taken ill after drinking water in certain pipelines got contaminated in the area in the last few days.
Doctors at the Civil Hospital, Manimajra, on Tuesday said that around 15 patients from the colony are still admitted and that only three new patients approached them on the day, claiming the situation was under control.
They also asked the public health engineers to check and clean the water supply lines and sewerage disposal system.
The water tank near the tube well no.
The water tank has been covered with fibre sheets.
But, the MC officials have claimed that all the water samples taken from the supply taps have passed in both chlorine as well as bacteriological tests undertaken in the Civil Hospital, Manimajra.
Chief Engineer Bansal said that the samples of supply water given by the MC are fit for drinking.
But the residents fear to consume the drinking water supplied by the MC.