The Assistant Commissioner of Food Safety in Kupwara said preliminary investigation and feedback from the affected people revealed that the outbreak was not due to consumption of any unhygienic food items, but due to the tap water used by them in Jagerpora village.
Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Kupwara Khalid Jahangir had constituted a team to investigate the outbreak and asked them to submit the report on Sunday evening.
An official spokesperson said that in order to take stock of the situation, Mr Jahangir visited Jagerpora, Handwara in Kupwara, interacted with the locals of village, and inquired about the health of the affected.
The DC also inspected the mobile medical camps to check the treatment facilities available.
The DC constituted a team comprising ADC Handwara, SE Baramulla and Chief Medical Officer Kupwara to conduct a detailed inquiry about the outbreak and receive feedback from the people.
The Deputy Commissioner also inspected the spring that functions as the main source of water for the village and issued on-spot directions to PHE Department to mobile resources on war footing for expediting the on-going renovation, repair and protection work on the water body.
Mr Jahangir assured every possible assistance, including financial support from the district administration to the concerned department and directed the PHE Handwara to complete the work within one week.
The DC also directed the health department to ensure the availability of physicians, para-medics, medicines for the quick recovery of the affected and conduct awareness campaigns to fully aware and inform the people of the village and vicinity about sustainable access to safe drinking water.
He instructed the officials of health department to advise people to drink boiled water and to take all necessary precautions.
— (UNI) — C-1-DL0433-1475080.Xml

Water scarcity hits Langate villages.
Srinagar: The residents of Mawer Langate areas of north Kashmir’s Kupwara district are up in arms against the Public Health Engineering (PHE) department for ‘failing to provide adequate water supply in their villages from past two weeks’.
Accusing the authorities for ignoring their plights, the residents of several villages including Shanoo, Batagund, Shartgund, Sudergund Hangah, Chontipora villages of Mawer Langate area of Kupwara district here have demanded immediate redressal of their genuine grievances.
The residents told KNS that acute water scarcity has hit their villages from past two weeks while the officials are paying no heed over their sufferings.
“We approached to the higher ups in this regard but unfortunately all in vein.
All the assurances given by the officials proved hoax,” the residents according to the KNS correspondent said.
They said that the authorities must not ignore their plights and should take the measures in this regard at earliest so that the villagers here could feel a sigh of relief.
The inhabitants later appealed the higher ups of PHE department to look into the matter and redress their genuine grievances as soon as possible.
(KNS)