While Dahi Handi is among the most looked-forward-to festive days in the year in Maharashtra, this year a question hangs over whether Govinda Pathaks will be able to show off their pyramids or not. Organisers, mostly politicians, had said they would cancel the festivities in light of floods across the state.

With just a few days to go before Dahi Handi, a desperate coordinating committee, Dahi Handi Samanvay Samiti, has urged organisers to allow the event to go ahead, even if on a smaller scale, as mandals have been practising for the day for months.