Eluru mystery illness: Where can we go, asks mother of two

By Sharon Thambala Eluru (Andhra Pradesh), Dec 11 : A 26-year-old mother of two, who suffered the mysterious illness in Andhra Pradesh’s West Godavari district headquarters Eluru is shaken. Where she could shift if it was really the living conditions that caused the scourge, she asks.
“We always drink municipal water. If this is what happens when we drink tap water, then where should we go? What should we drink and what should we eat?” wondered Sai Sri Hima Bindhu with IANS.
Bindhu is a resident of JP Colony in the town, which is one of hardest hit. The colony wears a deserted look. As many as 40 people in this working class colony alone collapsed with epileptic fits of the mysterious illness.
Like everyone, Bindhu doesn’t know the exact cause of the illness but reiterated what everybody in Eluru was suspecting, municipal water.
“We don’t know how we contracted this disease. Everybody is saying this is because of the water. I am not the only one drinking the water. There are little children also in my home. If it was because of water, then everybody should get it. Nobody is able to tell why it has happened,” she said.
Recounting the horror when she was struck with the illness, Bindhu said she was away from Eluru for some downtime in East Godavari district.