Silchar, May 7 : With five more deaths reported in the last two days, the death toll due to gastroenteritis and other water borne diseases in South Assam’s Hailakandi district rose to 34.
With most of the victims being children and women, more than 100 affected people are being treated in local hospitals, official sources said here on Tuesday.
The affected areas are mostly along the border with Mizoram, sources said. The government has ordered the public health department to take steps to purify drinking water.
Doctors from Lala and Hailakandi have rushed to the affected areas and opened health camps.
UNI
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