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123 people suffer from heat-related health issues at Maharashtra Bhushan award ceremony; 13 hospitalised, one serious

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

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Huge crowds reached for Maharashtra Bhushan Award function in Kharghar. Pic/PTI

Huge crowds reached for Maharashtra Bhushan Award function in Kharghar. Pic/PTI

More than 120 people suffered from heat-related health issues, like dehydration, due exposure to sunlight on Sunday during a mega event in Navi Mumbai, where social activist Dattatreya Narayan alias Appasaheb Dharmadhikari was given the Maharashtra Bhushan award, a government official said.

Thirteen of these people were admitted to different local hospitals and the condition of one of them is serious, the official said.

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