Shillong’s drinking water crisis: Contaminated & unsafe

Shillong’s drinking water crisis: Contaminated & unsafe

Last December, Indore in Madhya Pradesh made headlines when several people died and over 100 were hospitalised after consuming contaminated drinking water. The tragedy highlighted a grim reality facing many Indian cities—water quality issues pose not only an inconvenience but a serious public health threat. While Indore’s crisis made national headlines, our own Shillong has been grappling with its own silent but widespread water quality problems…