Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav on Friday ordered disciplinary action against senior officials of the Indore Municipal Corporation following an outbreak of diarrhoea and vomiting caused by contaminated drinking water. This includes the immediate transfer of an additional commissioner from the city.
The CM announced that the government is implementing corrective measures across the state to prevent future incidents. He has instructed officials to develop a time-bound programme for these steps.
Local residents claim that 15 people, including a six-month-old baby, have died due to the contaminated water in Indore’s Bhagirathpura area. However, the health department has only confirmed four deaths related to the outbreak. Indore Mayor Pushyamitra
Bhargava reported receiving information about 10 deaths.
In a post on social media platform ‘X’, CM Yadav said he has ordered issuance of show-cause notices to the Indore Municipal Corporation commissioner and additional commissioner during a review meeting on the contaminated drinking water issue.
He said he also ordered immediate removal of the additional commissioner from Indore and withdrawal of charge of the water distribution works department from the in-charge superintendent engineer.
Yadav said he directed that necessary appointments be made immediately in the municipal corporation.
The CM said he reviewed the state government’s action on the contaminated drinking water issue with the chief secretary and other officials and issued necessary directions.
The meeting also discussed the report presented by the additional chief secretary of the Urban Administration and Development Department.
“After taking strict action against the officials responsible for the tragic incident caused by contaminated drinking water supply in Indore, we are also taking corrective steps for other parts of the state. For this, the concerned officials have been instructed to prepare a time-bound programme,” Yadav said.
आज सुबह मुख्य सचिव और अन्य अधिकारियों के साथ इंदौर के दूषित पेयजल प्रकरण में राज्य शासन द्वारा की जा रही कार्रवाई की समीक्षा की और आवश्यक दिशा-निर्देश दिए। अपर मुख्य सचिव (नगरीय प्रशासन एवं विकास) द्वारा प्रस्तुत रिपोर्ट पर भी चर्चा की।
इंदौर नगर निगम आयुक्त और अपर आयुक्त को इस…
— Dr Mohan Yadav (@DrMohanYadav51) January 2, 2026
An official from the administration said based on the CM’s directions, a zonal officer and an assistant engineer of the IMC have already been suspended with immediate effect, and the services of an in-charge sub-engineer have been terminated.
More than 1,400 people have been affected by vomiting and diarrhoea in Bhagirathpura over the past nine days, officials have said.
A leakage was found in the main drinking water supply pipeline near a police outpost in Bhagirathpura, at a spot over which a toilet has been constructed, they have said, adding the leakage led to contamination of the water supply.
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