VADODARA: A major ruckus took place at the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) ward office in Nagarwada area of the city on Thursday over supply of contaminated water.
The residents of Mali Mohalla in the locality claimed that a woman who had taken ill in the area due to contaminated water died.
The residents had rushed to the ward office alleging that several persons in the locality were ill and a woman had died due to contaminated water.
They ransacked the office and broke some glass of the office.
A team of police personnel rushed to the office and brought the situation under control.
The VMC did not file an offence regarding the incident.
According to VMC officials, arrangements to provide water with a tanker were made immediately.
They claimed that it took time to identify the fault that had led to the contamination.
“We have found the fault in the Kothi area and the problem will be resolved,” said in-charge deputy municipal commissioner S K Naik.
Officials, however, did not confirm if the death of a woman in the area had taken place due to contaminated water.
“The residents say that the woman was hospitalized after she fell ill due to the water and died later,” said former corporator from the area Farid Lakhajiwala.