Kanas gastro outbreak due to river pollution

THE acute diarrhoeal disease outbreak in some villages under Kanas block of Puri district leading to the death of four persons in a fortnight was due to consumption of contaminated water, the Health and Family Welfare department confirmed on Thursday.

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Director of public health Dr Nilakantha Mishra said the diarrhoea outbreak in Gopinathpur and Gadisagoda GPs was primarily due to poor sanitation and contaminated water from river Daya. People who were affected had consumed contaminated water from the river.

"The situation is under control now and people in the villages are now being provided safe drinking water through tankers," he said.