Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi is on Indore tour today. First of all he reached Bombay Hospital. Met four patients admitted in the hospital, inquired about their condition and also met their families. After this Rahul Gandhi also went to Bhagirathpura which was affected by contaminated water. Leader of opposition Umang Singhar, state president Jitu Patwari, state in-charge Harish Chaudhary were also present along with Rahul Gandhi.

Congress claims- 24 people died
Earlier on Friday, State Congress President Jitu Patwari claimed that so far 24 people have died due to contaminated drinking water in Bhagirathpura, while the condition of eight to 10 patients is very critical. He told that after reaching Indore on Saturday, Gandhi will go to the private sector Bombay Hospital and will meet the patients admitted due to the outbreak of vomiting and diarrhea and know their condition.

#WATCH | Indore, MP | Lok Sabha LoP and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi visits the Bombay Hospital to meet the victims of water contamination and their families. pic.twitter.com/462eURpvHe

— ANI (@ANI) January 17, 2026

Congress will organize a conference to discuss
Patwari said, ‘We wanted to organize a conference of intellectuals, environmentalists and municipal councilors from across the state in the presence of Gandhi to positively discuss the solution to the problem of contaminated drinking water, but the administration did not allow us to organize this event. Therefore, we will organize this conference later. Patwari claimed that 70 percent of the water in the entire state is not potable due to contamination. The state Congress president termed contaminated drinking water as ‘slow poison’ and claimed that it is causing serious damage to people’s kidneys and other organs.

VIDEO | Madhya Pradesh: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) arrives at Bhagirathpura to meet families affected by the vomiting and diarrhea outbreak linked to water contamination.

(Full video available on PTI Videos – https://t.co/n147TvrpG7)#MadhyaPradesh #Bhagirathpura pic.twitter.com/zQbuwYbtUI

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) January 17, 2026

State government presented report
Amidst contradictory claims regarding the death toll, the state government, in its status report presented to the Indore bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday, mentioned the death of seven people, including a five-month-old child, during the vomiting-diarrhea outbreak in Bhagirathpura. Meanwhile, the ‘death audit’ report conducted by a committee of the city-run Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College has indicated that the deaths of 15 people from Bhagirathpura may be linked to this outbreak in some way or the other.

VIDEO | Madhya Pradesh: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) interacts with families affected by the vomiting and diarrhea outbreak linked to water contamination in Indore’s Bhagirathpura.

(Full video available on PTI Videos – https://t.co/n147TvrpG7)#Indore #MadhyaPradesh… pic.twitter.com/cs1ZTRJL2h

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) January 17, 2026

Compensation of Rs 2 lakh each to the victims
The administration has given a compensation of Rs 2 lakh each to the families of 21 people who lost their lives after the outbreak of vomiting and diarrhea in Bhagirathpura. Officials claim that some of these people have died due to other diseases and other reasons, but the families of all the deceased are being provided financial assistance on humanitarian grounds.