After around 150 people have been treated for diarrhoea at the Manimajra civil hospital in the past week, the Chandigarh health department has finally found the source of water contamination in Mauli Jagran.
The water from Tubewell No.
4 was found “grossly contaminated” with the bacteria E. coli, a report revealed on Wednesday.
Mauli Jagran and surrounding areas are being supplied water from six tubewells.
The health department also found that Tubewell No.
3 was not properly covered.
‘Very high level’ Initially, the health department had collected 118 water samples from houses for hydrogen sulphide test, but the reports found no contamination.
Following this, samples were taken from the six tubewells for multiple tube test on Monday.
“The water of Tubewell No.
We will clean the supply lines and are hopeful to resume normal supply by Thursday evening.” According to health officials, there were 15 fresh cases of diarrhoea reported at the civil hospital on Wednesday, taking the total number to 156.