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Four die after drinking contaminated water in Poonch | KNO

At least four people have died and over seventy people are hospitalized after drinking contaminated water in Jammu and Kashmir, sources said on Saturday.

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Although government is claiming to provide neat and clean system of administration in state, but in real the locals are dying due to contaminated water, they added. Sources say four locals Razia Kousar, 45, Kaloo Khan, 80, died on September 12, Ahmed Din, 65, died on September 15 and 3. Fatima Jan, 55, died on September 25. All the four dead are residents ll the residents of Bandi Kama Khan of Mandi tehsil. Sources informed that Chief Medical Officer Dr. Niaz Ahmed, Block Medical Office in Mandi Dr. Mushtaq Hussain Shah, DHO Dr. Shamim Bhatti and CDPO Parveen visited the spot to verify the matter. According to the villagers, many of the area are getting ill after drinking the water coming from a local spring. Executive Engineer Public Health Engineering Abdul Qyoom also visited the spot, medical teams tested the water with machines and found water it well. Report said more than seventy locals are suffering from loose motions, ten of them are in serious condition two of them namely Arsha Bi, 70, and Shabir Ahmed, 23, have been referred to Jammu medical college for further treatment. While connecting to BMO Mandi Dr. Mushtaq Hussain Shah he said while getting report the health team will go to the village and clarify the matter. He assured the the situation is under control right now and the matter is under investigatio

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