One more person died, allegedly due to consuming contaminated water, in Kavadigara Hatti in Chitradurga district of Karnataka, on August 4. With this death, the toll in the village has gone up to four.
Rudrappa, 50, developed health complications on August 2. He was under treatment at Basaveshwara Medical College in Chitradurga. He breathed his last early in the morning on August 4.
Dr. R. Ranganath, District Health Officer, told The Hindu that one more person, who was under treatment in the village, died in the morning on August 4. “Another lady died. However, we have to ascertain the cause of her death. She has a medical history of a paralytic stroke some time ago. Our staff is examining the case,” he said.
