Surat: While the pandemic held up many development projects in the city, one that didn’t stop in its tracks was the Surat Metro that continued its jou.
Surat: Body of a four-year-old boy, who had died due to gastroenteritis was exhumed on Wednesday in presence of sub-divisional magistrate for medical examination. The boy was among the six who had died over the past week, after drinking contaminated water from the water pipeline in Kathore village near Surat city.
“Forensic postmortem of the body will be done to find out the exact cause of death,” said a police officer at Kamrej police station.
Meanwhile, the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) announced a compensation of Rs 1 lakh to kin of each deceased. The civic body also said it will pay for the expenditure of treatment over 70 who were affected by drinking the sewage-laced water.