Death toll due to sunstroke at awardevent in Maharashtra rises to 13

 

THE death toll due to sunstroke at the ‘Maharashtra Bhushan’ award event in Navi Mumbai rose to 13 after the death of a 55-year-old man while eight patients are undergoing treatment, a civic official said on Monday. The deceased included nine women and four men. The award ceremony was held in the open ground in Kharghar area of Navi Mumbai on Sunday morning, which wasattended by several lakh people, most of them followers of social worker AppasahebDharmadhikari who was conferred with Maharashtra’s topcivilian award by Union HomeMinister Amit Shah. “All bodies have been identified and their post-mortemwas performed. The bodieswere handed over to their relatives,” said Panvel Municipal Corporation(PMC)commissioner Ganesh Deshmukh. PMC deputy commissioner Vitthal Dake said eight patients are undergoing treatment at a hospital in Kamothe in Navi Mumbai, while 16 others were discharged. “The condition of the eight hospitalised patients is stable,” he added. AMIT SHAH CONDOLES DEATH OF ATTENDEES AT AWARD EVENT:UNION Home Minister Amit Shah expressedgriefoverthedeath of some attendees of the MaharashtraBhushanaward event due to sunstroke in Navi Mumbai a day earlier.

 

“The death of people who attended Sunday’s MaharashtraBhushanaward function has deeply saddened me. I express my condolences to the families ofthedeceased.Iprayforthe recovery of those who are currently being treated,” Shah tweeted. CONG SLAMS BJP-SENA GOVT, SAYS FIX ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ‘CULPABLE HOMICIDE’: THE Congress attacked the BJP-Shiv Sena GovernmentinMaharashtra over the loss of lives due to sunstroke at an award function in Navi Mumbai, and demandedthataccountability be fixedinwhatit saidwas acaseof“culpablehomicide”.