India, Jan. 22 -- The Madhya Pradesh High Court has asked the administration to preserve the original records related to the contaminated drinking water crisis in the Bhagirathpura area, including a pipeline tender and an investigation report of the State Pollution Control Board.

A bench of Justices Vijay Kumar Shukla and Alok Awasthi was on Tuesday hearing several public interest litigations over the deaths due to contaminated water in the area.

"It is directed that the Collector, Indore, and the Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, shall ensure that the relevant records relating to the subject matter of the petition, including the record of the tender for laying a drinking water line in Bhagirathpura and the sample report, etc., are k...