Anand Mahindra reacts to 'brain-eating' amoeba found in Texas, says 'time to move to Mars'

Recently, residents of eight cities in Texas were alerted about a brain-eating amoeba that was found in water supplies in souastern part of state. Following this,  Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on Friday issued an advisory after water officials were told about 'naegleria fowleri', a brain-eating amoeba in water supply, according to media reports. Reacting to this news, Mahindra & Mahindra chief Anand Mahindra jokingly said "Maybe it is indeed time to move to Mars" tagging Tesla CEO Elon Musk in his tweet.

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'And we thought COVID was bad news?'

 "A ‘brain-eating’ amoeba? And we thought COVID was bad news? Maybe it is indeed time to move to Mars, @elonmusk", Anand Mahindra wrote in his tweet.

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Netizens react to Mahindra's Tweet

Soon after Manhindra tweeted about shifting to mars, his tweet caught attention of netizens and many hilarious reactions started to pour in. One of user said "Sir Where will get our Xuv500 service re. Your service network is weak on Mars.''

"I believe Mahindra club offers beautiful place to visit than Mars, ''ar user said. Ar user wrote: "Oops I forgot my home key of Mars on earth, had to come back"

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Eight cities in Texas receives advisories

eight cities in Texas issued 't to use water' advisories include Lake Jackson, Freeport, Brazoria, Angleton, Richwood, Clute, Oyster Creek, and Rosenburg. Dow Chemical plant in Freeport and Clemens and Wayne Scott Texas Department of Criminal Justice correction facilities also received order t to consume water.  According to a Saturday statement, commission has found that water is safe in all of locations except for Lake Jackson.  officials of Lake Jackson have issued a disaster declaration over water contamination.

first incident came to light on September 8, when Lake Jackson city officials were informed of a 6-year-old boy who was hospitalized with amoeba. Texas Department of Health Services later traced infection to a water fountain splash pad boy played in at Lake Jackson Civic Center, according to media reports.

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