INDORE: Deaths within the Indore water contamination tragedy, which rose to 10 Friday, may have been prevented had crimson flags raised by a BJP corporator two years in the past been heeded. A couple of 12 months after BJP swept Indore Municipal Company polls in July 2022, BJP corporator from Ward 11 Kamal Waghela had written to IMC asking the civic physique to exchange outdated & worn-out ingesting water pipelines in Bhagirathpura, which falls in his ward. As IMC and the governing BJP in Madhya Pradesh got here in for extreme criticism following the outbreak of diarrhoea after sewage water contaminated ingesting water within the space, Waghela wrote to MP CM Mohan Yadav Friday alleging that his request to exchange water pipelines was placed on the again burner by civic officers. Waghela, who opened a entrance in opposition to IMC officers, claimed he had been warning since 2023 about risk of water getting contaminated and had additionally lodged a grievance on CM Helpline. “I had demanded a brand new pipeline in Bhagirathpura. On my demand, an official file was created on Nov 12, 2024, nevertheless it was held again for seven months,” he stated in his letter to the CM. He stated a young was floated on July 30, 2025 after he approached mayor Pushyamitra Bhargava. “However the tendering course of was not accomplished within the stipulated time,” Waghela alleged, demanding motion in opposition to officers accountable. The Ward 11 corporator talked about that 40% of pipelines in his ward are outdated and an estimated Rs 2.3 crore is required to exchange them. With CM Mohan Yadav eradicating IMC commissioner and suspending further commissioner Friday, officers on the civic physique didn’t reply to Waghela’s allegations.
