Chowkidar finds insecticide inside water supply filter
Source: The Sangai Express
Thoubal, July 17 2020:
A can of insecticide (DADA 505), which is very harmful to human health was found floating inside the slow cell filter of a water supply scheme of Heirok Part (II), Thoubal, yesterday.
It is expected that the insecticide might have been dropped by some miscreants deliberately.
Speaking to media persons, secretary of the village water and sanitation committee of the scheme, Khundrakpam Tomba said that a complaint will be lodged at a Heirok Police Station to find the culprit (s) soon.
The can was found by the chowkidar of the water supply scheme yesterday morning while he was checking the filter as usual before supplying the water to the public.
People who use water from the scheme might have died had the chowkidar not removed the insecticide can, Tomba said and informed that consumers of the water supply will not get for the time being.