Within the Bhagiraspura district of Indore, Madhya Pradesh, a number of folks died attributable to diarrhea after ingesting contaminated water provided by the Indore Municipal Company in December 2025 and January 2026, whereas residents collected water for his or her family wants from tankers. |Photograph courtesy of The Hindu
The Middle has taken be aware of the water air pollution incident in Indore’s Bhagirath Pura and is supporting nations via monetary and technical intervention schemes comparable to AMRUT and AMRUT 2.0, Rajya Sabha was advised on Monday (February 2, 2026).
In a written response to questions, Union Minister of State for Housing and City Affairs Tokhan Sahu mentioned there was an outdated pipeline within the space courting again to 1997, including: “As a few of it’s broken, town authorities have recognized the outdated pipeline and included it within the scope of AMRUT 2.0.”
A number of folks have died from diarrhea and vomiting in Indore’s Bhagirath Pura since late December.
The minister mentioned that Indore Municipal Company (IMC) has floated 4 packages of water provide initiatives to Indore metropolis below AMRUT 2.0, out of which execution of package-1 has began and the remaining three packages are below approval stage.
The challenge covers the whole water provide chain and features a complete overview, enhancement and modernization of the present water provide system, together with supply improvement, therapy, transportation, storage and city-wide distribution.
All packages embody system integration, commissioning, long-term operation and upkeep to make sure protected, dependable and sustainable ingesting water provide to city areas.
The minister mentioned water is a nationwide topic and the federal authorities is supplementing nationwide efforts via suggestions and infrastructure funding.
Sahu mentioned the state authorities has knowledgeable that it has issued commonplace working procedures (SOPs) to native our bodies in city areas to keep away from water air pollution.
“To this point round 14,181 leaks have been detected out of which 12,634 leaks have been repaired. Out of three,298 overhead tanks within the state, 3,109 have been cleaned.”
“Equally, out of 21,215 tube wells, 179 have been discovered to be contaminated and 86 tube wells have been banned. Water high quality assessments are being carried out usually. Out of 80,976 samples, a complete of 656 samples of water have been discovered to be rejected and motion was taken at 588 factors the place contamination was detected,” the minister mentioned in a written reply.
In response to info from the state authorities, three ingesting water provide schemes price Rs 541 million and two sewerage schemes price Rs 278 million have been carried out for Indore metropolis below AMRUT, he mentioned.
Furthermore, there are two water provide schemes price Rs 1,142 crore and 4 sewerage schemes price Rs 534 crore which were sanctioned below AMRUT 2.0, he mentioned, including that two water provide schemes price Rs 1,121.54 crore are being carried out by the Municipal Company.
