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Navi Mumbai: At least 11 dead due to heatstroke at Maharashtra Bhushan award event, more than 120 hospitalised

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Navi Mumbai: Eleven people died of sunstroke while many others were said to be critical, after attending the Maharashtra Bhushan award ceremony held at Kharghar in Navi Mumbai on Sunday. More than 120 people suffered from dehydration, after being exposed to the scorching sun for a few hours because of the open-air seating arrangement at the venue.The number of fatalities is likely to go up.

Many of them were rushed to nearby hospitals like the ACTREC at Kharghar and the MGM Hospital at Kamothe, sources said. However, the hospital administration declined to comment.

More than three lakh people were believed to have gathered at the event, where social activist Dattatreya Narayan alias Appasaheb Dharmadhikari was conferred the Maharashtra Bhushan award, a government official said.

Temperature was 42° Celsius at the time of event

The temperature at that time of the day was 42° Celsius. The venue of the event was an open ground, with only VIP attendees having access toshade.Vehicles were stopped around one kilometre away from the venue, from where attendees had to trudge up to the venue and sit in the scorching heat.

Lakhs of followers of Dharmadhikari attended the grand function, held on a sprawling 306-acre ground in Kharghar. Union Home Minister Amit Shah presented the award, instituted by the Maharashtra government, to Dharmadhikari. Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis were also present on the occasion.

The event, for which people had started gathering since morning, began around 11.30 am and went on till around 1 pm. Many of the attendees had arrived on Saturday. During the event, Shah said he had never seen such big gathering to honour a person for social service.

The ground was packed with people and equipped with audio/ video facilities for followers of Shree Sadasya (Dharmadhikari’s organisation) to witness the function. There was open-air seating, without any provision for an overhead canopy.

What do officials say about the situation?

“A total of 123 people complained of heat-related health ailments, like dehydration, during the event. They were immediately referred to the 30 medical booths set up at the venue. Thirteen of the patients, who needed further treatment, were shifted to different private hospitals,” said a revenue department official, who was on duty at the venue.

“A total of 30 doctors were deployed at the medical booths that had intensive care unit (ICU) facilities to treat people at the venue,” she said.

A Raigad district information officer confirmed that many followers were admitted to different hospitals including MGM Kamothe where CM Eknath Shinde visited around 9pm on Sunday.

“Eight people (initial figure) have died due to heat stroke and 24 are still under treatment at the hospital. We have announced Rs 5 lakh compensation to the families of the deceased and the government will bear all the medical expenses of those admitted to the hospital,” said Shinde.

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Maharashtra Marathi Hindi Controversy: Strict action will be taken against those who take law into their hands: Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis

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Mumbai: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has made it clear on the Hindi-Marathi language dispute that linguistic discrimination and violence cannot be tolerated. If anyone instigates violence in the name of Marathi language or takes the law into his own hands, strict action will be taken against him because it is the government’s responsibility to maintain law and order. He said that in the Mira Road Hindi Marathi violence case, the police have registered a case and taken action.

A committee has been formed in the matter of Marathi and Hindi language. Whatever is better for the students on its recommendation, the government will implement it. No decision has been taken under anyone’s pressure. He said that the recommendation for Hindi language was made during the Maha Vikas Aghadi rule itself, but now these same people are opposing it. The public knows everything.

He said that in this election, BJP has got 51 percent Marathi votes. Violence and discrimination in the name of language cannot be tolerated. Marathi is a source of pride for us, but we do not oppose Hindi. What will happen if a Marathi businessman in another state is asked to speak his language? In Assam, he was asked to speak Assamese. He said that strict action will be taken against those who break the law.

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Case registered for burning copy of Hindi Marathi dispute order

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Mumbai: Mumbai Police has registered a case against 200 to 300 activists including Deepak Pawar, Santosh Shinde, Santosh Kharat, Shashi Pawar, Yoginder Salulkar, Santosh Veer for protesting without permission, violating prohibitory orders and Police Act in the case of burning copy of order making Hindi language compulsory. The accused have been booked under Section 189(2), 190,223, Maharashtra Police Act at Azad Maidan Police Station. The case has been registered on the complaint of complainant Santosh Suraj Dhundiram Khot, 32 years.

According to the details, on June 29, between 2 and 3:30 pm, a copy of the government order against making Hindi i.e. third language compulsory in primary education was burnt without permission on BMC Road adjacent to Marathi Patkar Singh and the government order was violated. The accused had not taken any permission for this demonstration and had violated the prohibitory orders, following which a case has been registered against them, confirmed Mumbai Police. The case has been registered after recording the statement of the complainant.

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Opposition protests against the government for declaring Wari as urban Naxal

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Mumbai: On the fourth day in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, the opposition created a ruckus over declaring Wari as urban Naxal and has made serious allegations against the government of insulting Wari. On the fourth day of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly, the opposition has made several serious allegations against the ministers of the government while protesting on the steps of the Vidhan Bhavan. The ministers included in the cabinet of the state government are misusing their powers and occupying government lands in the state.

Just as the ruling front is trying to defame the holy pilgrimage of Hinduism, Wari, by calling Vitthurai and Warkars urban Naxalites and urban Maoists, in the same way it is insulting Wari Palkhi. This is reprehensible. Members of the Maha Vikas Aghadi staged a strong protest on the steps of the Vidhan Bhavan against the ruling front and accused the government of insulting Wari. In this demonstration, the members also raised slogans cursing the government and said that due to the scamster government, farmers are dying of hunger and the ministers are calling the laborers urban Naxalites. Shiv Sena leader of opposition Ambadas Danve, Vijay Varditwar, Sachin Ahir, Jitendra Ahawat etc. participated in this protest.

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