Ahmedabad water contamination: 50 take ill with diarrhoea and vomiting, nine residential societies affected in Ghatlodia area

Ahmedabad, Fifty residents of Ahmedabad's Ghatlodia area fell ill with symptoms of diarrhoea and vomiting, of whom 11 were hospitalised, after contaminated water from a drainage system entered a drinking water pipeline, civic officials said.

However, local residents have claimed that "hundreds of people" had fallen ill after consuming contaminated water received at their homes.