<br/>Forty children are reportedly taken ill after consuming contaminated water in Karnataka today. These children studying in a government school in Nyamgondlu village are seriously ill after consuming water laced with pesticide. The School authorities have said the children consumed water as usual after taking breakfast today morning. After a few minutes a few of them started vomiting. Taken aback by this, the school authorities admitted 40 children to the Primary Health Centre and lodged a complaint in the police station complaining that some miscreants have poured pesticide into the water tank used for drinking purpose. The investigation is on.