MANCHERIAL: Three persons died of viral fevers in three days in the ST Colony in the Nennela mandal headquarters in Mancherial district.
Gurundla Vanaja, 17, studying intermediate, suffering from viral fever died while undergoing treatment at Kari-mnagar hospital on Sunday. Earlier, Venkatamma, 60, and Mallesh, 40, of the same colony died of viral fevers. Residents complained of vomiting, motions after drinking contaminated water.
The health department today conducted medical camp in the colony to control the fevers and giving treatment to the people suffering from fevers and diarrhea.
It was found that the residents of two colonies were suffering from viral fevers due to poor sanitation and drinking polluted water which was contaminated with the leakage of drainage pipeline.
Nearly 100 people fell sick due to viral fevers in the colony where 52 colonies residing. It is learnt that the some residents were also drinking water collected from the local rivulet. The health department has failed to take preventive measures in the colonies and Panchayatraj officials failed to clean and chlorinise the water tanks.
