Also Read | Experts urge India's richest state to gear up for third wave of Covid-19 Following the findings, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) decided to send samples from the water bodies to the Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre (GBRC).
Harpalsinh Zala, AMC's city engineer for Water Resources, said that the GBRC is the authorised agency for water analysis. "We have been sending samples to them since the last one year and they submit their report to the state government," he said.
Zala, however, said that he had no idea about the IIT's findings. But, he said he will now send samples of these water bodies to the GBRC for a similar analysis.