Newtown Water Crisis: Residents Rely on Tankers, Children Fall Ill

• Sukhabrishti Abasan's E-block in Newtown faces severe drinking water shortage.
• Tankers from PHE, Disaster Management, and Patharghata Gram Panchayat supply water, but issues persist.
• Residents struggle to carry water, some forced to buy it; contaminated water causes illness.
• Children and elderly fall ill; a 7-month-old, Ishika, was hospitalized in ICU with diarrhea and vomiting.
• Concerns rise as some residents use tanker water for washing clothes amidst the crisis.