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From India's largest Newsroom. 
I'm Warren Gorge. 

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And this is the times of India 
podcast. 

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At least 14, people have died 
since they attended an award 

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function on the 16th of April in
Navi. 

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Mumbai in Maharashtra. 
Over 100, people were admitted 

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to hospitals for treatment. 
All of them were affected by the

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high temperatures during the 
event. 

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We used to hot summers but our 
summers are getting hotter. 

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Thanks to climate change for an 
early episode beat spoken with 

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dr. 
Delete Marvel anchor, he heads 

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the Indian Institute of Public 
Health at Gandhi nagar and is 

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also an expert on heat related 
illnesses. 

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He explained why even just 
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for prolonged periods. 
Can be deadly, especially for 

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young children, and older 
people. 

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Increasing hate causes the body 
to heat up and there are natural

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mechanisms of the bottom db2 
whole life perspiration and we 

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drink, cold water or cold 
fluids. 

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Plus the circulation becomes 
faster so all that is natural 

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mechanisms but they only act and
function properly, tell certain 

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external temperature load is 
there, if the temperature load 

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is very high, then the snake 
Amazon start failing and then 

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you start developing higher and 
higher temperature like you get 

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in fever, but it is because of 
the heat being absorbed from the

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body. 
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level, for example, x what 
starts happening is many-body 

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systems and especially the the 
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The circulatory system, Etc, 
start getting overloaded and you

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have muscle cramps, you have 
circulatory failure. 

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Your Cinco Port is called as 
giddiness unconsciousness. 

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And at later stage is the 
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reduced. 
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affected, especially brain 
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Instead start getting coagulated
is similar to a egg being void. 

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After sometime it permanently 
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So, if that happens then the 
person has either permanent 

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damage or may die. 
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starts getting affected very 
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So that's why what we see is 
that the person becomes 

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unconscious and within few hours
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Well, he may die. 
Another important factor is the 

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high humidity, which can prevent
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itself. 
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heat and humidity is measured by
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temperature. 
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doesn't seem very high, the 
accompanying humidity can make 

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it deadly. 
No back to the award function in

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Maharashtra. 
The dead said, the award 

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function, trees multiple 
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Like why were lacks gathered for
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the afternoon and what were the 
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Medical emergencies? 
My colleague letter, Mr. 

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Reported on the incident. 
In 40 y plus she visited the 

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hospitals in Navi Mumbai where 
people were admitted for 

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treatment and also spoke with 
relatives of the deceased. 

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She started by explaining why 
such a big function was planned 

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for this year's Maharashtra 
bhushan award e-apis. 

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I have Dharma Dakari who is a 
known social worker in this 

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state. 
A person who carries one of the 

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he's known for his work because 
his father was also a renowned 

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socialist. 
He had done a lot of work in 

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terms of environment Hill, 
talking about the Dowry creating

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some awareness among the people 
in health sector. 

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If you see has done a maxi blood
donation drives to Distributing 

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the medical supplies in remote 
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Connecting frequent Health 
check-ups in the camps in rural 

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areas. 
He's also holding some guineas 

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World records for organizing 
some largest-ever, hinge jamb. 

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That's why this person when he 
the window Barrister. 

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Bhushan award was announced the 
lakhs of people who gather to to

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witness this program. 
The Maharashtra Busan is the 

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state's highest civilian award. 
However, the nature of the award

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function isn't really set in 
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It can be like how it was held 
on the 16th of April with tens 

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of thousands of people. 
Fill it to 50 acre plot in the 

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blazing sun, or it could have 
been done in the way. 

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It's been done in the past. 
I am a joke, right? 

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That's from when legendary 
singer Asha bhosle got the 2021 

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marechal, bhushan award in 
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This year, the function was held
at night near the gabri of India

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in South Mumbai. 
A few hundred sent in the 

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audience. 
When writer, Baba, Sai poor 

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Andre got the award in 2015. 
It was a function at Raj Bhavan 

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the governor's official 
residence in South Mumbai, but 

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given their madakari social 
stature, a bigger event was 

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planned. 
People were transported from 

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different parts of Maharashtra, 
Gujarat and madhya Pradesh for 

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the event reportedly around. 
Five crore rupees was spent on 

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the event by the state 
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One report said, nearly 13 crore
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publicity for the event by the 
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In an official release, the 
state government said, 250 water

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tankers 2100 Taps for water. 69 
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nurses, over 9400, toilets of 
different kinds would be made 

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available to those who attended.
This rally was, are organized in

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the afternoon, the Felicitations
program was scheduled between, 

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1:30 to 2:00 p.m. people came 
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Some also came we have on 
Saturday night as well, when the

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speech was on, when the listener
programmers, the temperature was

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38 degrees. 
Footage shot by drone camera. 

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Showed the thousands of people 
sitting at the venue many with 

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their heads covered there. 
Have since been allegations that

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there was no covering at the 
venue for the audience to ensure

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that such Drone footage could be
short, Union home, minister 

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Ahmad Shah. 
Deputy chief minister Devendra, 

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fadnavis and chief minister 
eknath Cindy were among those 

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present to give the award at the
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India's home, minister Ahmad 
Shah, even marveled at the 

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people sitting in the audience, 
despite the Heat. 

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It's not what I meant. 
Meet make Road. 

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Roark a bag does Ramadan. 
Uh, ility biologist degree, 

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temperature kid, Jeremy. 
Is sub K. 

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Beacham A coulomb. 
A Better Way. 

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Absa be. 
Southern Asia, observation 

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Mondovi, acti Mata have been a 
bio. 

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If Kelly Echidna man Sandman or 
bhakti bow However, after the 

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function, let us is messages 
started circulating about dates 

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at the event. 
Let us be in a health reporter 

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for over a decade in Mumbai, but
even she was surprised by the 

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message by the evening. 
For the messy start going viral 

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that you know, 78 people suffer 
from heat stroke. 

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It's quite it's quite, you know,
unbelievable. 

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Like I had never never ever 
heard so far. 

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I've never heard this kind of 
incident where you know, people 

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are losing their life who have 
gathered in the rally and they 

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died due to heat stroke. 
Was quite a shocking for us. 

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Let us say she began calling 
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the message was authentic. 
Initially, she got few 

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responses, but then she learned 
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It was so difficult to get the 
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was so tightly when I asked you,
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where are the bodies have been 
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There is no answer directly and 
then I spoke to a couple of 

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doctors from in that vicinity, 
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Marshy area and they have called
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Yes, it is true that we know 
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attendees, were there in the 
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They were brought dead in the 
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heat stroke and dehydration. 
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but there were around 150 more 
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suffered from dehydration. 
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hospitals in a cross Navi, 
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been brought did to the hospital
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treatment. 
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would rise in the coming days. 
Walking people have type-moon 

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1410 in our women and for our 
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where people were admitted. 
She says, many spoke of how they

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felt ill while they were sitting
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When I went to the hospital that
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spoke to a couple of patients 
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that, you know, it was so hot. 
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1:00 or 2:00, my knee started 
feeling giddy. 

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Nice thirsty you know they were 
looking for water but couldn't 

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find water tanks near by some 
sudden having, you know, it's 

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like an uneasiness. 
It's somehow started having 

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breathing difficulties. 
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A family parents and Son all 
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heat related issues and they 
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father told me that we came a 
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So imagine now a family, they 
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till Sunday. 
They were they were in the 

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ground itself. 
Now, they were carrying water 

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bottle with them. 
But how how long the Border 

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will, you know, one liter 
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Last though, they were 
Arrangements of water times, but

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it was not inside the ground. 
It was outside the ground in the

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middle of the program. 
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have to walk out and then look 
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That's also found the morgue 
with the bodies of those who had

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died were kept. 
She spoke to the son of a woman 

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named pushpa who had died. 
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and even questioned, pushpa, why
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When she was leaving on Sunday 
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calvaria, she came with the 
other eight woman to attend this

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program, so son was telling me 
that they couldn't figure out in

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the evening, when they came to 
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happened beside calling to find 
out Or whether his mother is 

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alright, or where, she's but her
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they decided reaching out to all
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And finally been the cop said, 
if you can go to this more, 

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maybe you can identify because 
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the in the mob while leaving 
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She said the time going to 
attend this program back and I 

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think family was also related 
that why you're going for this 

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program? 
But he said no, no, I want to go

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because I follow this, the 
social activist and he's quite 

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good, so he was asking them to 
know why this happened to my 

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mother, you know, who is in 
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Is anybody will going to answer 
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But obviously, nobody, nobody is
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To answer is question. 
He was asking me if my mother 

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died which means she struggled. 
You know if so many people were 

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caught Libras medical facilities
were not created so many 

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questions. 
He was asking. another person 

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who died was Meenakshi mystery 
was an anganwadi, worker mystery

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would help people in rural 
areas, Access healthcare, 

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facilities, Nancy mystery son 
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She always helped so many women 
for taking care of their health.

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Always guiding them to go to the
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fell sick, nobody was there to 
help her. 

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So Meenakshi was prodded to the 
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But obviously nobody was knew 
that who she was. 

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So son told me that in the 
evening decide call in to the 

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cops and in the sticking to the 
hospital, they couldn't, they 

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couldn't. 
Get any information, finally, he

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rushed to all these hospitals 
and then found out that all the 

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bodies were taken to in one 
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Like one woman who prepared food
for her entire family, and then 

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she decided to come to the 
ground was to attend this 

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function and she was taking 
talking to his son, that he will

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have you and happy eating the 
food or not. 

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Let us is all of those who died 
after attending the event were 

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over, 40 years old, but many of 
them had absolutely no. 

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The major Issues that could have
resulted in the deaths and the 

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death. 
Certificates said they had died 

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due to exposure to heat, Let's 
put these women were not having 

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any underlying underlying 
disease like Meenakshi was 

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Helen, hearty. 
She was, she was not having any 

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underlying disease like 
diabetes. 

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Complication of these nine, ten 
woman who died? 

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They all were in their 50s, very
active woman. 

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But remember, according to 
official figures, they were 300 

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out, doctors and 69, ambulances 
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How is it that people who 
collapse didn't get treatment in

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time? 
It is quite strange. 

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When if you say 32 goods and six
doctors in each Booth, which 

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means you know you are quite 
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of huge crowd there 69 
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immediately rush if someone is 
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any health issues they can be 
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nearest hospital. 
Why are these people who died? 

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Why do you immediately respond 
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medical the director of Health 
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Know why? 
So many people support from such

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health issues? 
104 people have actually they 

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have taken to the hospital later
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So there is no clear answer from
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from the health authorities 
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reached to to these people who 
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Let us is that people who were 
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admitted to hospital said that 
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were also of little help. 
They don't let that whether it 

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was medically it or even water. 
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till the event ended because 
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what to do apart from crowd 
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Like, for example, one woman who
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from, I'm suffering from 
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Like, I am, I'm not feeling. 
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next to her, he try to approach 
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to that row politics. 
It Abby program is going to get 

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over you said because I even, I 
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Key. 
Where is the doctor sitting? 

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It's kind of like we were asked 
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nothing like they were not even 
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The crowd, they were not 
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crowd. 
They were just do anything. 

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We will even be don't know where
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So, one person there. 
Do you know why I was asking to 

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be funny? 
Carpe, where is the water 

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facilities? 
Can I, I want to know, see where

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is, can I get the water? 
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with him but it was obviously, 
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thirsty. 
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also asking him, you know, do 
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Do you have water and nobody was
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well? 
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That was out. 
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they are not answering it. 
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no everything was in place. 
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Let us is that on the existing 
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to be publicly issued if the 
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celsius, this comes with an 
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the heat, but for the planning 
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evidence that someone from the 
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consulted. 
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the national disaster Management
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The temperature above 40, degree
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advice to avoid stepping out in 
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But on Sunday, temperature was 
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degree sensor which means it was
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is happening. 
Where large number of people are

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coming. 
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Department of Health Department,
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comes together and talk about, 
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But whether pain is when people 
don't come there is no as such 

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protocols where you should call 
the weather Department, as well 

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to check. 
If there is, you know, there is 

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a, if there is a temperature 
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the high. 
Should we call of the program? 

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There is no as such decision. 
Sort from the. 

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I am really 5 min. 
All those who died. 

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Initially needed, basic medical 
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rehydration, salts or ORS. 
With water. 

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When they started feeling 
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deteriorating. 
Them was a possibility of 

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providing them with medical 
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None of those on the stage. 
However, suffered from any such 

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problems, the stage had multiple
coolers and fans to keep all 

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those on. 
It's safe from the effects of a 

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very hot afternoon. 
The deaths at the rally have 

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invited criticism from 
opposition parties in the state.

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They also demanded in ink choir 
e. 

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Let us is the chief minister who
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Later returned to visit those 
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How can this program ignition? 
David chief minister, he visited

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to all the hospitals and we made
the all the patients and the 

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kind of statement was issued 
that these people have died but 

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will going to compensate those 
who died, they will get 5 lakh 

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rupees as a composition. 
Let us is that one BJP leader. 

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She spoke with, after the event 
told her on the condition of 

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anonymity that the party had 
learnt their lesson when it came

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to such events. 
Let us says the leader said that

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they would be careful while 
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the summer. 
Obviously they're feeling today.

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There is some kind of negligence
happen in overall of of the 

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record when I was speaking to a 
senior leader come from DJ P 

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reset somehow this incident 
happened in a little setback for

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us because so many people dying 
in one in one program, it's not 

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good. 
I mean we have learned our 

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lesson. 
Look like I said, there's really

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no explanation given for why 
these deaths took place and how 

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they might have been prevented 
as temperatures rise in the 

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coming weeks across. 
India, the combination of heat 

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and humidity could prove to be 
deadly in other such events. 

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If adequate precautions are not 
taken, one can only hope lessons

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