Multiple media reports have said many people have fallen sick after drinking contaminated water in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan as well. ADVERTISEMENTThe NGT chairperson, Justice Prakash Shrivastava, and expert member A. Senthil Vel have initiated proceedings on polluted drinking water. The NGT has taken note of media reports on sewage water flowing into drinking water pipelines because of decades-old, dilapidated infrastructure. People have fallen ill with symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhoea after drinking sewage-contaminated water at Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh. In Bhopal, E. coli bacteria were detected in drinking water reportedly because of sewage leak into tubewells.

Source: The Telegraph January 14, 2026 23:41 UTC