People of Dolara village may not have to willingly consume polluted water for long. Taking serious cognisance of MiD DAY’s exposé on May 4 (‘Dolara villagers drink water unfit for animals’), state tribal development minister Rajendra Gavit surveyed the documents and BMC laboratory report that revealed one of two water samples collected from the village in Mokhada taluka and sent for testing was indeed inapt for consumption.u00a0In a previous article (‘Water may be unfit for human consumption’) on April 27, MiD DAY had raised serious concerns about the quality of water in the area.

Reading the fine print: State tribal development minister Rajendra Gavit has asked the district health officer and his entire team of doctors, to check the water fromu00a0the tanker and also the source from where it is collected by villagers. Pic/Satyajit Desai