Leakage of an old water pipeline, and subsequent contaminated water, has been blamed for the outbreak of jaundice.
The old water pipeline leakage has resulted in an out break of jaundice in Khadia and Sarangpur areas. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's health department has come across 40 cases of jaundice in these areas since the beginning of February.
Contaminated water due to leakages in water pipelines at couple of places have been considered to be the root cause of the water-born disease. The health department brought the same to notice of the engineering department of the central zone that repaired the pipe lines.
The health department detected jaundice cases in around eight pols of Sarangpur and Khadia that include Dolat Khana, Bhadrawad, Pakhali ni Pol, Faafda ni Pol, Vitthal Sheri, Satyanarayan Pol and Lalji Maharaj nu Chokthu to name a few.
The health department deployed 16 teams in the area and surveyed more than 4,000 households. All the patients were treated as out-door patients and no serious case has come to our notice, a senior health official said, while talking to DNA. The mobile van was sent to the affected areas for providing treatment to people, he added.
The civic body has also started washing out and de-silting of the pipelines in both the areas. The engineering department will replace the corroded water pipe lines in the areas as part of the preventive measure.
AMC budget proposals at a glance
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Water boat public transportation from Vasna to Subhashbridge
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City convention centre with capacity of 3000 people at a cost of Rs3 crore
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Wi-Fi facility and solar system at main AMC office and zonal offices
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Beautification of central verge, traffic circles, and signage on the road leading to international airport will be set up at a cost of Rs3 crore.
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Night Safari development at a cost of Rs1 crore
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Permanent exhibition dome at Sankar Kendra
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Rs3 crore for creating awareness about sanitation and hygiene through rally, radio and TV advertisement and street plays
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Model road in each ward
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Rs30 crore for water tanks in Stadium, Vastral, Ranip, Meghaninagar, Sardarnagar, Mahavirnagar and Naranpura.
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70 village ponds will be developed at a cost of Rs10 crore
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Rs5 crore for Vatva lake development
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Widening of existing railway crossings
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Amusement park in Naranpura area
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Development of first ever Night Safari of Gujarat at a cost of Rs1 crore
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Setting up used water treatment under PPP
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