The Madhya Pradesh government has formed a high-level investigation committee to probe the diarrhoea outbreak which has claimed several lives in Indore’s Bhagirathpura area due to contaminated drinking water supplied by the Indore Municipal Corporation.
The State-level committee has been constituted to conduct a detailed review of the events surrounding contaminated water supply in Indore city, and to present its conclusions, suggestions, and recommendations, the Madhya Pradesh government said in a statement. The panel will submit its report to the government within a month.
The panel will be chaired by Additional Chief Secretary, General Administration Department, Sanjay Kumar Shukla, and have as its members the Principal Secretary, Public Health Engineering, P. Narahari; and Commissioner, Directorate of Urban Administration and Development, Sanket Bhodve. Indore Divisional Commissioner Sudam Khade has been made the member-secretary.
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“The committee will examine the actual causes and relevant facts of the incident that occurred in Bhagirathpura, Indore, and analyse the administrative, technical, and management shortcomings related to the incident,” the statement read, adding that the panel would also determine the accountability of the officers/employees responsible for the incident.
