Two girls died and at least 150 others, mostly children, took ill in a village here after consuming contaminated supply water, an official said today
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One and a half-year-old Deepti and 6-year-old Guddi died after falling ill.u00a0
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85 more children have taken ill after consuming contaminated water, Chief Medical officer Nepal Singh said.u00a0
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Over 150 residents of Ankur Village, situated on the Mathura-Vrindavan road, have been hospitalised for vomiting and showing symptoms of diarrhoea.u00a0
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"Water being supplied to the village passes a cow ranch and due to breakage in the pipeline, the water got polluted with accumalated dung waste," Singh said.
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Singh said the matter will be probed.u00a0
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