Around 23 people are

Around 23 people are

suspected to have been affected by diarrhoea at Nuagam in Kandhamal district, an official said today.

While villagers have claimed that some patients are in a serious condition and their number is rising since last week, Dr Jaypal Senapaty of Daringbadi Community Health Centre said people consumed contaminated water due to absence of safe drinking water sources in the village.

Dr Sapneswar Gadanayak, Chief District Medical Officer of Kandhamal said it was a sporadic case and so far around 23 people had been affected.

There was no casualty and the situation now under control. "We have sent health teams from Daringbadi who geared up all preventive measures on war footing. Adequate medicines have been supplied to the village through the health teams," he said.