Mumbai: As Maharashtra faces one of its worst droughts in four decades and is facing acute shortage of drinking water, the people living in the affected areas are forced to consume polluted water. The use of polluted and dirty water has led to several water-borne diseases in the area.
In Dhule district, which is one of the worst drought-hit area, the people are not only facing grappling with shortage of water but several of them have fallen ill after consuming dirt water. The people allege that water is supplied only one in week and even the municipal corporation is supplying polluted water. As a result water-borne diseases are spreading fast in Dhule and surrounding areas.
Every day at least 50 patients suffering from gastroenteritis are being admitted to the local hospitals. In the last one week, more than 200 gastroenteritis patients have been admitted in government hospitals of the district. The number of patients in private hospitals is manifold. Even doctors say that the situation could deteriorate further if the supply of polluted and dirty water is not stopped.
The local residents allege that they have complained about the water quality to the district administration and municipal authorities but not action has been taken. They say that the municipal corporation must ensure that clean drinking water is supplied to people....
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03:03 PM, Apr 05, 2013
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01:14 PM, Mar 30, 2013
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10:40 AM, Mar 28, 2013
An SRPF personnel was arrested for allegedly making obscene gestures at girls residing in a hostel in Dhule district, police said on Monday. Bhooshan Phulpagare (29), a personnel with the State Reserve Police Force (SRPF), made some vulgar gestures at girls staying in a government tribal hostel at Devpur locality in Dhule city on Friday. ...
01:35 PM, Mar 25, 2013
The Bombay High Court's retired judge Shrikant Malte will conduct an inquiry into the communal riots in Dhule in north Maharashtra that left six people dead in January 2013. ...
01:55 AM, Mar 19, 2013
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10:57 AM, Feb 21, 2013
The Supreme Court has issued a notice to the Maharashtra government on a plea seeking an independent probe into the Dhule riots of January 6. The court's response came to a petition filed by Naseer Ahmad, who is the father of a victim who had died in the Dhule riots. ...
12:50 PM, Feb 15, 2013
The Maharashtra Police have filed a report on the police action during the Dhule riots of January 6, 2013. In the report, it has admitted that the the police firing which occurred was excessive but necessary. ...
08:36 AM, Feb 12, 2013
Six policemen were arrested in Dhule in Maharashtra on Friday, almost a month after they were caught on video vandalising and assaulting civilians during the riots in the city. Police drew sharp criticism after the visuals of the video were shown on news channels. ...
11:25 PM, Feb 08, 2013
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09:06 AM, Jan 29, 2013
The Maharashtra government has acted against the policemen caught on video vandalising private property during the recent riots in Dhule. Home minister RR Patil has said that the policemen identified in the video have been suspended. ...
06:17 PM, Jan 28, 2013
Maharashtra policemen, who were caught on camera vandalising property during the Dhule riots, are facing strong call of action against them. The incident raised some serious questions over the police's handling of the riot, during which six people died and over a hundred were injured. ...
08:21 PM, Jan 27, 2013
In what may validate complaints of police atrocity during the Dhule riots, CNN-IBN has accessed a video that shows policemen going on a rampage, looting shops and pounding vehicles parked on roadsides during and after the clashes. ...
03:14 PM, Jan 26, 2013
The Maharashtra government on Tuesday ordered a judicial probe into the January 6 communal riots in this town in which six people were killed and over 200 injured. ...
12:17 AM, Jan 16, 2013
A CID probe has been ordered into last Sunday's communal clashes and subsequent police firing in Maharashtra's Dhule town that left five dead and nearly 200 injured, police said on Saturday. "The CID will investigate the matter from all possible angles and also inquire if any provocative speeches were made to escalate violence," a top police officer said. ...
03:58 AM, Jan 13, 2013
Inquiry report prepared by Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Javed Ahmed will be submitted to the Maharashtra government by Friday evening on riots that broke out in Dhule on January 6. On Thursday, the owner of the eatery, where the fight began, was arrested on charges of inciting violence and damaging public property. ...
11:35 AM, Jan 11, 2013
Mistrust in police has seeped within people after communal clashes broke out in Dhule - a northern town in Maharashtra - on Sunday. Residents claim that police shot dead many young innocent men during the riot. ...
11:15 AM, Jan 09, 2013
Mistrust in police has seeped within people after communal clashes broke out in Dhule - a northern town in Maharashtra - on Sunday. Residents claim that police shot dead many young innocent men during the riot. ...
11:15 AM, Jan 09, 2013
Maharashtra government has decided to bear the expenses of the last rites of the four deceased and the medical expenses of those injured in the clashes which rocked Dhule city in north Maharashtra on Sunday. ...
10:33 PM, Jan 07, 2013
Four people were dead and 106 policemen were injured after clashes broke out between members of two communities at Dhule in Maharashtra on Sunday. Nearly 130 civilians have also been injured in the clashes. The violence started at a hotel and spread to other areas. ...
08:31 AM, Jan 07, 2013
