HC asks chief secy to appear over water contamination

COMING down heavily on the Madhya Pradesh government over deaths caused by contaminated water in Indore, the High Court on Tuesday said the incident had hurt the city's reputation as India's cleanest city and made it infamous for supplying poisonous water.

- ANURAAG SINGH @ Indore

A division bench of Justices Vijay Kumar Shukla and Alok Awasthi was hearing petitions related to deaths and illness in some localities. The bench directed the state chief secretary to address the court through video conferencing on January 15. The court said, "The issue of water is not limited to Indore alone. It is a problem of the entire state." It asked the chief secretary to explain the steps being taken at the state level to prevent water contamination and similar cas