Click to play videoNew Delhi: The Howrah Municipal Authorities stopped water supply to residents on Friday night after a decomposed body was found in a tank at the Paddo-pukur pumping station.
This pumping station supplies 40 million gallons of water everyday to millions of Howrah residents.
Some reports say the body was in the tank for the last four to five days and that the people have already consumed contaminated water.
The discovery of the body sparked outrage with people alleging they had been supplied with contaminated water.
The Corporation says the danger has been averted and the supply will be normal from Saturday evening.
Municipal Commissioner of Kolkata, Durgadas Goswami says the water supply will be restored and there's no need to panic.
"An inquiry has been started. The water has been drained out of the reservoir. We hope to purify the reservoir by Sunday," said Khalil Ahmed, the district magistrate of Howrah. The body was found around 9.40 pm by workers carrying out maintenance, an official said.
Some residents, however, alleged that the corporation was trying to remove the body late Friday night to keep suspected contamination under wraps.
"We were getting a fetid smell since this evening. Suddenly, we saw some corporation workers removing the body," Sankar Chaudhury, a resident, said.
At the moment, people are now buying water or standing in queue at local hand pumps.
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