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“If astatine each outpouring h2o is to beryllium used, it is advised to usage it lone aft prolonged boiling,” said Samiullah Beigh, Executive Engineer, Jal Shakti (Public Health Engineering) Department.
Authorities successful Kashmir Wednesday issued an alert against drinking outpouring h2o successful Ganderbal and Srinagar districts aft detecting bacterial contamination successful respective h2o samples.
Sources successful the medication said that the Valley recorded a surge successful jaundice cases implicit the past month, pursuing which the nationalist wellness section deployed surveillance units successful aggregate districts and carried retired a h2o sampling thrust successful Ganderbal district, adjoining Srinagar.
After investigating h2o from 40 springs, “it has been recovered that 37 retired of 40 samples collected are Bacteriologically positive. As such, rendering those springs unfit for quality consumption,” the Jal Shakti (Public Health Engineering) Department said successful an bid Wednesday.
This comes days aft a outpouring successful Jammu’s Rajouri territory was sealed pursuing the decease of 17 persons, apt from organophosphates successful the water.
The section issued a announcement asking radical successful Ganderbal and agrarian areas of Srinagar, wherever outpouring h2o is utilized for drinking by some, to lone usage pat h2o till further instructions.
“If astatine each outpouring h2o is to beryllium used, it is advised to usage it lone aft prolonged boiling,” said Samiullah Beigh, Executive Engineer, Jal Shakti (Public Health Engineering) Department.
Gultigund country successful Anantnag has reported 27 cases of jaundice truthful far, mostly successful the 6 to 16 property group. Ten humor samples and 2 h2o samples were sent for testing; 9 humor samples person tested affirmative for Hepatitis A.
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