Drinking water pollution with sewage flows turned out to be the reason behind the gastroenteritis outbreak at Chintabavi basti near the Chilkalguda area of Secunderabad.
A statement from the water board has attributed the pollution to mixing of sewage with drinking water at a person’s house in the area.
Deputy Speaker T. Padma Rao Goud, along with officials from the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board, toured the Chintabavi basti area in Secunderabad, and took stock of the situation on Friday, in view of reports about water pollution causing gastroenteritis in the locality.