Mathura diarrhoea outbreak: Death toll mounts to 14

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The death toll due to diarrhoea outbreak in six villages here has mounted to 14 after a four- year-old girl died of the disease today, an official said. "The toll increased to 14 with the death of one Kavita, a resident of Bhadanwara village," District Magistrate Arvind Mallappa Bangari said. Following the outbreak on Sunday, the district administration has ordered the installation of five new hand- pumps in the affected villages and sealed ice-cream factories operating without permission.