Navi Mumbai News: Sanpada Residents Fall Ill Due To Contaminated Water; MNS Warns Of Agitation, Demands Immediate NMMC Action

Residents of Sanpada have been struggling with a surge in illness, allegedly caused by contaminated water supplied by the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation (NMMC). A delegation led by the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), along with affected citizens, submitted a formal complaint to engineers of the water supply department at the NMMC’s Turbhe Ward office, demanding immediate remedial action.

"The residents have been reporting widespread cases of vomiting, diarrhea, fever, cough, and cold over the past several days. Local clinics are overwhelmed with patients, and several hospitals in the area are reportedly running out of beds due to the sudden spike in illness. In one disturbing instance, a six-month-old infant from Navprerna Society in Sector 8 fell ill due to the polluted water," MNS division president Yogesh Shete said.

Rajendra Shedge, president of Navpreena housing society said, "A relative of mine had come to visit us with her six month old baby. The baby too fell ill with diarrhea and vommiting. I was forced to ask them to go back to Satara. My 24 year old daughter has been falling sick often and so are many others in nearby areas. We have now started boiling the water and drinking. Before this, we had been using filtered water."

Residents along with Shete, confronted municipal engineers and criticized the administration’s inaction at the ward office. The team demanded swift and concrete steps to resolve the issue and warned of a larger protest if the situation remains unchanged.

Other members of the delegation included Shashikant Gaikwad, Sagar Jagtap, Umesh Shelke, and Tushar Dhanawade. Local housing society representatives—Madan Mohan Singh from Himgiri Society, Sector 3, Shedge and Prakash Padad from Gurukrupa Society, Sector 10—also voiced serious concern over the deteriorating water quality.

“The civic body cannot turn a blind eye while residents fall ill,” said Shedge. “If the department continues to neglect the issue, the MNS will organize a large-scale agitation in true 'MNS style' with the support of the people,” Shete said.

The MNS has also urged the NMMC health department to conduct door-to-door surveys to detect outbreaks of diseases like dengue and malaria. Given that many residents do not have health insurance, the party has demanded that free medical treatment be provided to economically weaker patients affected by waterborne diseases.

The calls made to the Turbhe water department officer, Suresh Sutar, went unanswered.