Bhopal, Aug. 3 -- Survivors of the 1984 Union Carbide gas disaster in Bhopal on Monday, August 3, accused the Bhopal Municipal Corporation of creating a situation like Indore's Bhagirathpura by supplying contaminated water in the residential areas around the abandoned factory.

The leaders of four organisations representing the survivors presented a report on the quality of drinking water in these areas showing that nearly 70% of water samples tested positive for faecal coliform, indicating extensive contamination.

In late December 2025 and January 2026, a severe water contamination crisis struck Bhagirathpura, a lower-income neighbourhood in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. The municipal water supply mixed with raw sewage from a toilet pit built...