New Delhi: At least 12 suspected cases of stomach infection were identified in Mhow’s Patti Bazaar on Friday (January 23), officials said. Local residents, however, alleged that the number of people who fell ill after consuming contaminated water in the area was closer to 24, PTI reported. The administration has deployed 12 survey teams and established two temporary hospitals, officials said on Saturday (January 24).Twelve teams were deployed in Patti Bazaar on Friday, and they have surveyed more than 80 households, the administration mentioned in a release on Saturday.In the affected areas with a population of around 2,500, two temporary hospitals have been set up in the affected area, it added.Using public announcement system, residents are being told to boil water before drinking and avoid food from outside.The Times of India reported that at least 22 residents of Patti Bazaar and Chandar Marg in Mhow town of Madhya Pradesh fell ill late Thursday (January 22), allegedly after drinking contaminated water. Officials mentioned that nine of those affected are admitted to a hospital, while the remaining patients are receiving treatment at home, according to the TOI report.Also read: Indore Water Contamination: CAG Flagged Water Borne Diseases, Lack of Water Testing, Adverse Impact on PopulationThe sanitary superintendent of the Mhow Cantonment Board, Manish Agrawal, said most of those taken to the hospital were children.“All patients, most of them children, were admitted at the hospital after they complained of nausea and vomiting. When their blood samples were examined, it was found they were suffering from jaundice, and the doctors treating them opined it could be due to contaminated water. Teams of the Cantonment Board and the health department have reached Patti Bazaar and Motimahal areas for a primary survey of the affected areas,” Agrawal was quoted as saying by TOI.Meanwhile, family members of sixty-three-year-old Badriprasad Litoria, a Bhagirathpura resident, who died at a private hospital on Friday afternoon after being ill for nearly a week alleged that contaminated drinking water in the locality was responsible for his death.“My father was healthy before this. He fell ill after consuming water supplied in the area. Contaminated water killed him,” his son Shailendra was quoted as saying by TOI.