Several monitoring stations across the national capital dipped back to the ‘very poor’ range. Anand Vihar recorded an AQI of 350, Rohini 361, Chandni Chowk 355, Mundka 329 and R.K. Puram 322, while ITO stood at 309.

According to the Odisha Police, the place where the incident took place comes under the jurisdiction of the Motanga police station.

The Gandhinagar case comes amid the Indore contamination tragedy that claimed several lives. In Indore, the contamination was caused by a leakage in the main water pipeline, allowing sewage to mix with drinking water, resulting in multiple deaths and hospitalisations.