In India, more than died 90 people after the consumption of adulterated alcohol. At least 200 more had to be treated in the North-Eastern state of Assam in the hospital, as authorities representatives on Saturday. The victims, many of whom are women, have worked on tea plantations in the Region.
The first people became ill on Thursday evening, after they had black drinking distilled alcohol. Alone in the district of Golaghat, there were since then, 58 of the deaths, as the Deputy authorities chief Dhiren Hazarika, the AFP news Agency said. From the neighbouring district of Jorhat 35 deaths were reported. In some media, the speech was even report of more than a hundred deaths.
Nausea, chest pain, cough
The Survivors were treated in several hospitals in the affected districts, such as Assam health Minister Biswa Sarma said. The doctor Ratul Bordoloi of the health authority in Golaghat, said those Affected suffered from a strong Nausea, chest pain, and shortness of breath. The number of victims could rise, according to the more, since some of the patients living in danger.
Assam government chief Sarbananda Sonowal has ordered an investigation. A man who is said to have sold the illegally made alcohol, was taken to police information. The authorities furloughed in addition, two officials, because they had taken no precautions against the sale of alcohol.
In the poor rural areas of India is sold a lot of moonshine liquor, because it is cheap. Often the booze is mixed with highly toxic Methanol to increase the alcohol content. Large amounts of it can lead to blindness, liver damage and death.
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Every year hundreds of people die in India of adulterated alcohol. Less than two weeks ago in the North Indian States of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand had died more than a hundred people to adulterated alcohol. (AFP)