One dead, several ill after drinking contaminated water in Gujarat’s Vadodara

Vadodara, July 18 (UNI) A girl lost her life while several people fell ill after drinking contaminated water in Vadodara. Twenty year old Unnati Solanki and her father Ashwin bhai were admitted to a hospital with complaints of cholera-like symptoms. Unnati passed away on Sunday night while her father is under treatment, said Ami Rawat, Leader of Opposition in the Vadodara Municipal CorporationShe paid a visit to the Solanki family and learned that in each house at least one to two family members have a cholera-like infection in Harijanvas in theJetalpur area of the city. Since the corporation is not carrying out a door-to-door health survey the ex- act number of infections is not known. A local resident told media persons, that the drinking water pipeline was installed during the rule of the Gaekwads and it has never been changed. This results in contamination at regular intervals. Vadodara Mayor Keyur Rokadia visited the area and met the residents. He promised to get the pipeline replaced if required. Later, he told the media that the health de- partment had carried out a door-to-door survey.