Lakhs of people had come for the event held on Sunday on a 306-acre ground in Kharghar area. The nearest weather station to the spot had recorded a maximum temperature of 38 degrees Celsius
The mercury is soaring to deadly levels in Maharashtra’s Kharghar area, 12 people died of a sunstroke while attending an awards event. Weather officials have called for heatwave alerts in five other states
The Maharashtra Bhushan award ceremony was held in the open in Kharghar area of Navi Mumbai on Sunday morning, which was attended by several lakh people, most of them followers of awardee Appasaheb Dharmadhikari