The Madhya Pradesh Human Rights Commission (MPHRC) has taken cognizance of three deaths due to vomiting and diarrhoea in Multai block of Betul district and has asked the Betul Collector, CMHO and PHE – EE to submit their reports over the issue.
The Commission has taken cognizance over the death of three persons and several people going ill by drinking contaminated water at village Hivra in Multai block of Betul district. The MPHRC has asked the Betul Collector, Chief Medical and Health Officer (CMHO) and Executive Engineer (EE) Public Health Engineering (PHE) to submit detailed report of the incidence.
The reason for outbreak of vomiting and diarrhea in village Hivra is said to be the contaminated water.
The Nal-Jal scheme is closed in the village and the whole village is depends on two hand pumps that are surrounded with the deluge of dirt. Polluted water of village’s drains is clogged around the hand pumps. Three persons - Siptiya, wife of Kishan, Gokul, son of Sudama and Rakhiya, wife of Ram Charan have died in the village during past ten days in the village while many others are down with vomiting, diarrhea, viral fever. The commission has asked the Betul Collector, CMHO and PHE – EE to submit their reports over the issue in details and at their earliest. The MPHRC has also told the CMHO to submit a separate report over the closure of OPD for two hours in the government hospital of Multai on Tuesday.