Contaminated Water: Gastro epidemic spreads

SAMBRIAL: An outbreak of Water Borne Diseases has been reported in the Sambrial area due to unsafe drinking water.  NGO Baidarie president Arshad Mehmood Mirza told reporters that it was the tehsil municipal administration’s (TMA) duty to provide people with clean and safe drinking water. “There has been an epidemic of gastric disorders here because of the polluted water,” he said.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 3^rd, 2011.