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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Namita Singh

Drinking water crisis blows up in India after deadly disease outbreaks

People in India are questioning the safety of their drinking water following a series of deadly disease outbreaks and official warnings.

Alarm intensified last month after 18 people died in Indore, declared by the federal government as the nation’s “cleanest city”, and at least 133 were hospitalised in the western state of Gujarat following a typhoid outbreak. In both cases, the victims had consumed water contaminated by raw sewage.

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