Health and Family Welfare Minister Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak along with Housing and Urban Development Minister Pushpendra Singhdeo on Saturday visited Sambalpur and took stock of the jaundice outbreak in the city.
Nayak said the concerned department has been directed to supply disinfected pipe water. Even alternative arrangements of water have been taken, he added. “The infected patients can get free treatment along with medicine,” said the Minister. Singhdeo said the drains would be cleaned and solid waste would be treated in a treatment plant for better management of wastes of the city. Among others, Health and Family Welfare Secretary Arti Ahuja and Sambalpur district Collector Balwant Singh were present.