The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has said that it has kept 125 beds ready at civic hospitals in the city in case any 'Govinda' – a person forming a human pyramid as part of a group activity during the Dahi Handi festival – gets injured during the act.
Dahi Handi will be celebrated in Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra on Thursday. It is part of the Krishna Janmashtami festival, celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of Lord Krishna. During the festival, Govindas form a human pyramid to break a 'dahi handi' (curd pot) suspended in the air.
In a release issued on Wednesday, the BMC said that of the 125 beds, 10 are kept ready at Sion hospital, seven at KEM hospital, four at Nair hospital and the remaining ones at various civic hospitals in the city and suburbs.
