SURAT: Ten persons, all members of a tribal family —who were fleeing from here after the outbreak of pneumonia plague—were killed when the truck in which they were travelling rolled down from a bridge in Broach district on Sept.25, a delayed report received here on Monday said. ‘Three seriously injured women ‘were undergoing treatment at the civil hospital in the district town, the report added,
The American ambassador, Frank Wisner, on Monday, a5sured India of all assistance towards tackling plague like situation in Maharashtra and Gujarat including supply of vaccines and said no restrictions were proposed for passengers travelling to this country from United States of America a report from New Delhi says.
Article extracted from this publication >> September 30, 1994