CAG Warned 5 Years Ago: MP's Water Crisis Ignored, Indore Deaths Spark Outcry

• CAG reports warned years ago about contaminated drinking water risks in Madhya Pradesh cities, a threat ignored by authorities.
• Between 2013-2018, over 5.45 lakh water-borne disease cases were reported in Bhopal and Indore alone.
• A 2018 joint investigation found dangerous fecal coliform levels (40-140) in Indore's water samples and high turbidity/coliform in Bhopal.
• CAG's report highlighted that approximately 8.95 lakh people in Bhopal and Indore were at risk due to poor monitoring at water plants.
• NGO Jan Swasthya Abhiyan states that years of ignored CAG warnings directly led to the recent deaths from contaminated water in Indore.

Why It Matters: Years of ignored CAG warnings about MP's contaminated water led to preventable deaths in Indore.