A mysterious illness has claimed 13 lives in a month in Sukma's Dhanikorta village, Chhattisgarh. Sukma's health officials attribute the deaths to dehydration caused by weather changes during mahua harvesting. Health teams are conducting door-to-door surveys and giving ORS to affected villagers to prevent further casualties.
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