A recent study by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar in Gujarat has established the presence of coronavirus in water samples from the Sabarmati river and two lakes in Ahmedabad.
While the study, funded by UNICEF, did not reveal if the genes of coronavirus found in the water samples were dead or alive, Professor Manish Kumer, who led the research, has emphasised the need for further probe on the subject to avert any future tragedy.
The study was conducted between september and December 2020 and water samples were collected from the Sabarmati river, Chandola and Kankaria lakes of the city .
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