On December 25, 2025, while most of the country was celebrating Christmas, phones inside the Indore Municipal Corporation rang relentlessly. Residents, particularly in Bhagirathpura, began reporting foul‑smelling, discolored water with an unusual taste from their taps — symptoms no citizen should ever associate with drinking water. But their urgent complaints to the municipal helpline went unattended for days. Locals say they approached not only civic officials but also their MLA, Kailash Vijayvargiya, and even the nearby police station, pleading for help as the toxic supply continued. To their frustration, residents claim the police directed them back to the municipal corporation, and no decisive action was taken as contamination spread. Soon, hospitals in and around Bhagirathpura reported a deluge of patients exhibiting gastrointestinal distress. By December 30, deaths began occurring. The Indore water tragedy should never have happened in the first place. Least of all, it could have been easily averted. So far, state officials confirm at least 9 deaths directly linked to contaminated municipal water in Bhagirathpura, though figures vary and residents insist the toll is much higher. Locals report hundreds to possibly over a thousand falling ill with severe diarrhoea, vomiting, dehydration and related illnesses after consuming the tainted supply. Preliminary findings from official investigations suggest the crisis resulted from sewage mixing with drinking water because of a breach in the water line in Bhagirathpura. In the most harrowing accounts of the Indore water tragedy, one of the youngest victims was five‑month‑old Avyan, who consumed milk mixed with contaminated tap water and, despite treatment, succumbed to illness. His family had waited 10 years for his birth, only to lose him to water that should have been safe. Among the older victims were Manjula and Nandlal, both in their seventies. The scale and severity of suffering in this community — a place once lauded as part of India’s cleanest city just exposes how grave this public health failure truly was.