A total of 14 people died due to heat stroke after being in the open ground for hours under the sun at an award ceremony for renowned social activist Appasaheb Dharmadhikari at the international corporate park in Kharghar.
More than Rs 13.62 crore were spent on the event, but no thought was spared for the lakhs of people who would be forced to sit in an open ground, with the sun fiercely beating down on them.