_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ ++ Equal First Author; # Project Scientist; † Ph. D Student; ‡ SRF; ^ LT; ## RA; #^ Professor; § Scientist G & Project Coordinator; *Corresponding author: Email: melioidosismission@gmail.com; Int. J. Trop. Dis. Health, vol. 44, no. 21, pp. 1-7, 2023 International Journal of TROPICAL DISEASE & Health Volume 44, Issue 21, Page 1-7, 2023; Article no.IJTDH.108229 ISSN: 2278–1005, NLM ID: 101632866 Burkholderia pseudomallei Isolate from Soil Adhering to Underground Pipeline Repair pit of a Delhi Market Highlights Importance of Improvising Policies Addressing Environmental Pathogens Sriram Kannan a++# , Venkat Abhiram Earny b++† , Soumi Chowdhury b++† , Kavita Sisodia c‡ , Shweta Kunwar c^ , Mohammed Ashiq b## , Asha b‡ , Aswathy Raghunath b‡ , Rakshitha b^ , Manish b^ , Anusha b^ , Khazi Shabnaz b^ , Rohit Kumar c#^ , Dabet Rynga c#^ , Rushika Saksena c#^ , Vandana K. E. b#^ , Chiranjay Mukhopadhyay b#^* and Harpreet Kaur a§* a ECD, Indian Council of Medical Research, India. b Department of Microbiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India. c Department of Microbiology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College, Delhi, India. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors in the ICMR funded project on Melioidosis – “A Multi-Centric Capacity Building Initiative to Strengthen the Clinical and Laboratory Detection of Melioidosis in India with special focus on the North Eastern States”. Authors VAE and SC contributed to the lab isolation of the B. pseudomallei. Author SK contributed to soil sample site selection, collection of samples, photos and writing of the manuscript. Authors CM and HK contributed to critical review of the manuscript. All authors contributed to review and read, approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/IJTDH/23/v44i211489