Amaravati, December 02, 2025: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu directed a thorough investigation into a sudden outbreak of diarrhoea in Thallavalsa village, Santabommali mandal of Srikakulam district, where nine people fell ill over three days, prompting urgent health alerts and precautionary water suspensions.
The cases began Saturday night, with six hospitalised Sunday at Tekkali Government Hospital; three more followed on Monday. Five patients are recovering under treatment, three have been discharged, but 70-year-old Chinnaravu succumbed Sunday to kidney failure and cardiac arrest. Officials clarified her death stemmed from pre-existing conditions, not the outbreak.
Health department officials briefed Naidu on the symptoms vomiting, stomach pain, and dehydration and confirmed no contamination in water tests by the Rural Water Supply department, deeming supplies safe. Despite this, the local well's water was halted as a precaution, with tankers delivering alternatives.
Naidu sought a detailed report on causes and instructed vigilance in nearby villages, deploying district panchayat officials and engineers for sanitation checks and safe distribution. A Deputy District Medical and Health Officer and an epidemiologist are monitoring, with door-to-door medical teams active.
