‘Gutter Waste on Streets’: Indore Residents Expose India's Cleanest City’s Water Horror | WATCH

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Indore struggles with the deadly water contamination crisis, the shocking reality of the Indore Development Authority's Government flats area has come to light. The streets of India's cleanest city are currently overflowing with dirty water and gutter waste flowing on roads outside the homes.The Times Now team reached the site and exposed the reality of the government flats area in the city, showing the residential buildings, which are so weak that the cement peels off with just a rub.Moreover, the streets can be seen overflowing with gutter waste and dirty water running on roads from broken pipelines.

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Indore Streets Flowing With Gutter Waste

Indore Water Contamination Crisis

Authority Did Not Visit The Area To Check Problem

The residents complain that neither the mayor nor the ward Councillor has once visited this area, stressing that their problems have been ignored. They are made to run from one department to another just to file their complaint, the residents said.One of the residents, Kusum, who works as a security guard in a private bank and has been living there for the last 15 years, said, "In the last decade, two ward councillors have changed, but we don't know who our ward councillor is because he has never visited this place. We don't want our vote to get wasted, that's why we go and vote, but we don't get any Corporation from the authorities."

Ward Councillor Says ‘Funds Not Getting Passed’

Times Now talked to the Ward Councillor, Puspendra Patidar on the situation of Indore Development Authority flats. The ward councillor admitted that funds are not getting passed. He further said that the situation of the corporation is bad, and it will take at least another month to get the funds passed.Also Read: After Indore, Over 100 Hospitalised In Gujarat's Gandhinagar With Typhoid, Water Samples Detect Contamination

The Indore Water Crisis Explained

Nearly 150 people are currently hospitalised, and at least 6 people have lost their lives amid the Indore water contamination crisis, according to the PTI news agency.Indore’s Chief Medical and Health Officer, Dr Madhav Prasad Hasani, confirmed that water samples from the city were contaminated due to a leak in a main supply pipeline. Bhagirathpura has been identified as the epicentre of the outbreak, triggering health concerns across the area.The residents first faced the symptoms on Monday. District Collector Shivam Verma stated that a survey of nearly 5,000 houses has been completed, and chlorine dosing has been carried out in all borewells following the crisis.The locals are now demanding that a case of culpable homicide be filed against the contractor responsible for the negligence and for causing such chaos.