Union Home Minister Amit Shah has ordered the formation of an inter-ministerial team to investigate the deaths due to a mysterious disease in a village in Jammu and Kashmir. This team will visit the affected village and find out the reasons for the deaths. According to an official statement, the team will be led by a senior official of the Union Home Ministry. It will include experts from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Ministry of Water Resources.
At the same time, the team will also be assisted by experts from animal husbandry, food safety and forensic science labs. The central team will start the tour on January 19. It will also work with the local administration to take precautionary measures to prevent such incidents. At least 16 people have died due to a mysterious disease in Budhal village of Rajouri district in the last 45 days.
According to the statement, experts from some of the most prestigious institutions of the country will also contribute to manage the situation and understand the causes of deaths. So far 16 people have died due to a mysterious disease in Budhal village of Rajouri district. All these deaths are of members of only three families. This week itself, five children of a family have died due to this mysterious disease.
After falling prey to this mysterious disease, people are admitted to the hospital. Within a few days, people start having conditions like fever, pain, nausea and then they die. This disease is becoming more common especially in children. However, an 80 year old woman has also died in this. At the same time, the condition of a girl remains critical.
Earlier, Jammu and Kashmir government spokesperson had said that investigation and samples show that these deaths were not due to infectious disease caused by bacteria or virus. There is no public health aspect in this. Let us tell you that when this disease was detected last month, hundreds of samples including water and food items taken by the deceased from the village were sent to the lab by the Health Department. But no viral disease could be detected.
