After the death of 20 people due to drinking contaminated water in Bhagirathpura area of ​​Indore, serious concern regarding the quality of drinking water has increased across the country. Between December 2025 and January 2026, complaints of dirty, smelly and sewage mixed water have come to light from many cities of India.

In the investigation of Indore case, fecal bacteria were found in the water, that is, those bacteria which are found in excrement, which made it clear that negligence and dilapidated system are costing people’s lives. After this incident, testing of drinking water was intensified in other states also, in which the situation was found to be worrying in many places.

Hundred people affected in Gandhinagar

Along with Indore in Madhya Pradesh, cases of spread of disease due to dirty water have also been reported in Gandhinagar, the capital of Gujarat. The outbreak of typhoid has increased rapidly in Gandhinagar and more than 100 patients have been reported in the last few days. All the patients have been admitted to Gandhinagar Civil Hospital, including a large number of children. At present about 104 patients are undergoing treatment in the hospital. According to officials, the water was contaminated due to flaws in the new pipeline. Deputy CM Harsh Sanghvi reached the hospital and met the patients and their families and took stock of the situation.

Disabled person making water in Rohtas!

The situation is even more dire in Rohtas district of Bihar, where drinking water has become a curse in 332 villages. Due to excessive fluoride in water, many villagers have become disabled and even today people are not able to get pure drinking water. Villagers say that the water is so bad that even pulses cannot be washed in it. These villages have been declared fluoride affected in the report of the Public Health Engineering Department, despite this, even after years, no concrete solution could be found. In Sasaram city, water is supplied from Karwandiya and Jamuhar, but the pipeline passes through dirty accumulated water at many places and bursts every day.

Even RO water in Greater Noida is not fit for drinking!

People are also falling ill due to contaminated water in Greater Noida and Noida of Uttar Pradesh. More than 15 people have fallen ill in the last three days due to dirty sewer water mixing with the supply water in C-Block of Delta-1 sector. Children, women and elderly people had to be admitted to the hospital after complaining of vomiting, diarrhea and severe stomach pain. People are forced to buy water from private cans and the situation is such that even RO water has to be boiled and drank.

Apart from this, complaints of dirty water have come from many areas of Delhi, Kashipur in Uttarakhand, Sonipat in Haryana, Bhopal, Ujjain and Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh, Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh and Khurda in Odisha. Cities like Patna, Raipur, Dehradun, Guwahati, Jammu, Ranchi, Chennai and Gurugram have also reported similar incidents in the last 12 months, pointing to serious problems with aging pipelines and sewage mixing.