Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah has ordered the constitution of an Inter-Ministerial Team led by the Ministry of Home Affairs to visit the affected village to ascertain the causes of deaths in 3 incidents in the past six weeks in Jammu’s Rajouri district.
The team will consist of experts from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Agriculture, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Ministry of Water Resources. It will also be assisted by experts from animal husbandry, food safety and forensic science labs.
The team would proceed on 19th January and in collaboration with the local administration would also work on providing immediate relief as well as taking precautionary measures to prevent such incidents in future.
Experts from some of the most reputed institutions of the country have been arranged to manage the situation and understand the causative factors of deaths.
Sixteen people have died within about 45 days due to a mysterious illness in Budhal village of Rajouri. This has led to concerns in the region and propelled the government to set up teams to probe the cause.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has also convened a meeting in this regard and directed the health and police authorities to expedite the probe and identify the causes of deaths.
