More than 100 Dahi Handi participants injured in Mumbai

India

pti-PTI

Mumbai,
Aug
19:
As
many
as
111
Govindas’ or
Dahi
Handi
participants
were
injured
while
forming
human
pyramids
during
Krishna
Janmashtami
celebrations
in
Mumbai
on
Friday,
civic
officials
said.

While
most
of
them
were
discharged
after
treatment,
23
participants
were
admitted
to
hospitals
and
their
condition
was
said
to
be
stable,
informed
a
release
issued
by
the
Brihanmumbai
Municipal
Corporation.

Thirty
persons
were
treated
at
the
civic-run
KEM
hospital,
followed
by
12
at
GT
Hospital,
11
at
Nair
hospital
and
10
at
Rajawadi
hospital,
among
others.

The
Maharashtra
government
had
issued
an
order
instructing
government
hospitals
to
treat
the
injured
members
of
Govinda
troupes
free
of
cost.
Across
Maharashtra,
Govinda
troupes
build
human
pyramids
to
reach
and
break
an
earthen
pot
containing
buttermilk
and
curd
suspended
high
above
the
ground
on
this
day.

Dahi
Handi
events
and
Govinda
troupes
receive
considerable
political
patronage
in
cities
like
Mumbai
and
Thane.