Dera Bassi: Scare after 3 deaths at Mubarikpur village

Gaurav Kanthwal

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Tribune News Service

Dera Bassi, September 10

Three persons have died under mysterious circumstances at Trivedi Camp village, Mubarikpur, in the past one week. The deceased have been identified as Muskan (16), Paranjal (17) and Inderjit Singh (45). All of them complained of fever and abdominal pain.

Water contaminated, say villagers

Residents of Trivedi Camp village complained that drinking water was contaminated. Several persons in the village had fallen ill recently. They said digging work being carried out for laying paver blocks and construction of a drainage might have led to leakages in pipes and thereby contamination.

Officialspeak

One person died of dengue. There were rumours of diarrhoea but that is not the case. As a precautionary measure, we have taken five samples from the Mubarikpur area and sent these to the lab. The report is expected on Monday. —  Dr Adarshpal Kaur, Mohali Civil Surgeon

In one case, suspected to be of dengue, the patient’s platelet count had dropped alarmingly.

The Mohali Civil Surgeon, Dr Adarshpal Kaur, said: “One person died of dengue. There were rumours of diarrhoea but that is not the case. As a precautionary measure, we have taken five samples from Mubarikpur area and sent to the laboratory. The report is expected on Monday.”

The residents of the village complained that drinking water was contaminated. Several persons in the village had fallen ill recently, they complained. Residents said digging work for paving streets and construction of drainage might have led to leakages in pipes and thereby contamination.

Dr Sandeep Kumar of Dera Bassi Civil Hospital said samples of drinking water had been sent to the laboratory and the reports were expected soon.

Barely a month ago, a three-year-old girl, Sunaina, and a 30-year-old mason, Ravinder Kumar, died after complaining of diarrhoea-like symptoms in the Baltana area of Zirakpur.

Zirakpur MC officials detected the exact location of the contamination near a house in Ekta Vihar in Baltana where tap water was getting contaminated by sewage. Despite a cholera outbreak in the area, the administration failed to identify erring officials, whose negligence led to the death of two persons and hundreds of cases with diarrhoea-like symptoms.

Mohali DC Girish Dayalan and Dera Bassi SDM Kuldeep Bawa talked of “fixing responsibility this time” but the action is yet to be taken.