Two individuals have died and 117 others suffered accidents through the ‘Dahi Handi’ pageant in Mumbai and neighbouring Thane metropolis which drew giant crowds of individuals, together with celebrities, officers stated.
In Thane, Bollywood actors Govinda, Chunky Pandey and Sunil Shetty attended the festivities held on Saturday.
Some leaders of the Shiv Sena (UBT) and Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) additionally got here collectively to hitch the celebration, amid hypothesis of a attainable alliance between the 2 events for the upcoming native physique polls in Maharashtra.
Amid the scramble to woo Marathi voters, Dahi Handi celebrations organised by leaders of the Shiv Sena (UBT), rival Shiv Sena led by Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, and Raj Thackeray-headed MNS in Mumbai and neighbouring areas remained steeped in political symbolism.
The pageant, celebrated to mark the beginning of Lord Krishna, noticed troupes of younger women and men forming human pyramids to interrupt dahi handis (pots of curd) suspended within the air with ropes.
Rohan Mohan Malvi, a part of the Gaondevi Govinda Pathak, fell unconscious whereas sitting in a tempo at Adarsh Nagar in Mumbai’s Andheri space on Saturday, an official stated, including he didn’t participate within the pyramid formation since he not too long ago suffered a bout of jaundice.
“He was rushed to Rajawadi Hospital in Ghatkopar the place medical doctors declared him useless on arrival,” the official stated.
Earlier, on Saturday afternoon, a 32-year-old man, recognized as Jagmohan Shivkiran Chaudhari, fell to dying whereas tying ‘Dahi Handi’ in Mankhurd within the north jap a part of the metropolis, officers stated.
“He was tying the handi to a rope from the first-floor window grille of his home in Maharashtra Nagar when he fell. He was taken to the civic-run Shatabdi Govandi Hospital the place he was declared introduced useless,” an official stated.
Until 9 pm on Saturday, 95 individuals have been reported to be injured through the festivities in Mumbai, with the situation of two being critical, the official stated.
“Of the 95 govindas, 76 have been discharged after therapy, whereas 19 are hospitalised. The 95 injured comprise 30 within the island metropolis, 31 within the jap suburbs and 34 within the western a part of town,” he knowledgeable.
In Thane metropolis, 22 contributors have been injured whereas trying human pyramids, native civic physique’s catastrophe administration cell chief Yasin Tadvi stated.
Of them, 17 have been admitted to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Hospital in Kalwa, together with some who suffered head accidents, shoulder dislocations, waist and chest accidents, he stated.
An 18-year-old participant, who suffered a head damage, was referred to the state-run J J Hospital in Mumbai for superior care. Among the others injured included kids within the age group of 5 to 10 years, the official stated.
One other 5 individuals have been admitted to the District Authorities Hospital in Thane, with accidents starting from hand fractures to again ache and abrasions, Tadvi stated.
The festivities drew giant crowds at a number of mandals in Thane the place actors Govinda, Chunky Pandey and Sunil Shetty joined the celebrations.
Actor Govinda danced to a few of his widespread songs at a Dahi Handi pageant gathering in Tembi Naka space of Thane, the place Deputy CM Eknath Shinde was additionally current.
Shiv Sena (UBT) chief and former MP Rajan Vichare and MNS chief Avinash Jadhav got here collectively at festivities organised by the Raj Thackeray’s occasion at Naupada in Thane, and introduced their partnership was like “Fevicol ki jodi which can’t be separated by anybody.”
