The suspected cause of the outbreak is the consumption of contaminated drinking water. The affected areas are reportedly facing an acute potable water crisis, an official said.
At Bakuliya village in Balagarh, 36 people have been affected with diarrhoea, four of them still in serious condition as of Monday.
Emphasising the need for adequate storage and prompt availability of life-saving medicines, he called for decisive action to safeguard public health.
A state of panic persists among the villagers of Pandu gram in Madhupur in Arambagh, as from the past few days several people have come down with diarrhoea.
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