Eluru Illness: AP CM Asks Officials To Keep A Check On Dumping Yards Dec 17, 2020, 08:23 IST Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy held a video conference on the cause for illness in Eluru with experts. AIIMS, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT) and other reputed institutions have confirmed that the residues of pesticides could be the reason for the outbreak of the mysterious disease in Eluru. The Chief Minister said all types of tests should be conducted so that incidents like Eluru would not repeat. The Chief Minister told to focus on maintenance of dumping yards and instructed the officials to conducts all possible tests across West Godavari district. The Chief Minister instructed to test drinking water samples from all sources in all the districts. The samples should be collected systematically and should be analysed with experts, he said. All these tests should be analysed and the necessary measures should be taken accordingly. The Chief Minister said AIIMS and IICT should conduct a deep study on long term on the causes of the outbreak in Eluru and asked the Chief Secretary to prepare an action plan for the same.