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| Photo Credit: PTImore-inMore areas in Kolkata have came under the outbreak of diarrhoea with people from the adjoining areas of Jadavpur, like Dhakuria and Haltu, reporting symptoms of the disease on Tuesday. The situation has spread panic among residents of the affected areas who are left with no choice but to buy packaged drinking water at twice the price. According to the State Health Department, the outbreak has affected more than 1,000 people so far. At least 10 wards of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) in the southern and eastern parts of the city have been affected. Dr.
Chakraborty said the Health Department has approached the Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine for testing of water samples from the affected areas and the report was awaited..