A one-year-old girl child died while at least 17 children were taken ill after consuming contaminated water at Indira Puri colony of Modinagar town, an official said today.
     Modinagar municipality chairman Sudesh Sharma, who visited the ailing children admitted at different hospitals, said water supply had been contaminated due to a pipeline bursting in the area.
     He also visited the affected colony and met the family of Prachi, the one-year-old girl, who died after consuming polluted water last evening.