Kshitij Singhal appointed as new Indore civic chief after water tragedy

The Chief Minister Mohan Yadavled Madhya Pradesh government on Saturday appointed Kshitij Singhal a 2014 batch IAS officer as the new Commissioner of Indore Municipal Corporation days after several people lost their lives after drinking contaminated waterA notification for the appointment of Kshitij Singhal as the new Municipal Commissioner of Indore was issued by the State Chief Secretary Anurag Jain as cited by news agency IANSThe 2014 batch IAS Kshitij Singhal has replaced Dilip Kumar Yadav who was transferred from Indore on FridayThe major development came a day after the Chief Minister Mohan Yadav ordered the suspension of the Indore Additional Commissioner Rohit Sisoniya and Sanjeev Shrivastava who is the Superintendent Engineer in charge of the Public Health Engineering departmentIndore district administration started a survey to check water qualityAfter various people in Indore died due to allegedly drinking contaminated water the Indore district administration on Thursday started a survey to check the water quality being supplied through tankers in Indores Bhagirathpura area Apart from various people losing their lives more than 200 people are still admitted to multiple hospitals across the cityAlong with an extensive checking of water quality teams of district administration are also making residents of the Bhagirathpura area aware of the use of safe drinking water to ensure the safety of people especially children and senior citizens who were the most affected due to the contaminated water supply tragedy in IndoreThe awareness campaign and inspection led by the Indore District Collector Shivam Verma began early morning on Saturday and it will continue till the eveningDuring the doortodoor visit officials from the Indore district administration are also inspecting water stored in underground and rooftop tanks built in the areaSpeaking to the media District Collector Verma said that multiple teams of staff members have been deployed to conduct doortodoor inspections in BhagirathpuraDistrict collector Verma emphasised Our team is continuously conducting investigations Wherever cases of food poisoning have been reported and patients have tested positive we have instructed all departments to carry out thorough inspections in the surrounding areas Along with this our water supply lines are also being checked as cited by news agency IANSOver 200 people are still admitted to hospital after drinking contaminated water in IndoreThe District Collector also said that people admitted to hospitals are being provided better treatment and are recovering fastHe said that the condition of two out of 27 patients admitted to ICU wards was critical till Friday however they recovered on SaturdayOver 200 people are admitted to more than 30 hospitals both government and private healthcare institutions in different parts of Indore reported IANSOn the other side more than 22 teams of medical staff are conducting health checkups through camps in the Bhagirathpura areaWith inputs from IANS