An outbreak of gastroenteritis reported from two colonies in Secunderabad is giving rise to suspicions about drinking water contamination in the pipelines of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (HMWS&SB).
Residents of Chintabai and Doodibavi areas of Chilkalguda raised concerns about possible contamination of drinking water with sewage flows due to pipeline leakage.
“For the past one week, we are getting foul-smelling drinking water that is cloudy in appearance. And for the last four days, a large number of people have fallen sick. In my own family, we fell sick one after the other, and have been visiting the clinic at Parsigutta. Diarrhoea, fever and nausea are the symptoms,” shared B. Uday, a driver from Doodibavi.
