Mumbai’s Dahi Handi Utsav Samanvay Samiti (DHUSS), an umbrella system of Dahi Handi pathaks, lately concluded their committee conference by determining that many pathaks must spend more in basic safety kits and insurance for their members instead than on t-shirts and other fees


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After a hole of two decades, the Dahi Handi pathaks in Mumbai are energized to rejoice the competition without the need of any pandemic-induced limits in the town. Govinda pathaks (teams) in the metropolis are hoping that the huge organisers will announce competitive dollars prizes.
Mumbai’s Dahi Handi Utsav Samanvay Samiti (DHUSS), an umbrella body of Dahi Handi pathaks, has suggested pathaks to spend extra in basic safety kits and insurance policy for their members rather than on T-shirts and other expenditures.
Talking about the preparations, Arun Patil, a committee member of DHUSS, explained, “DHUSS is encouraging pathaks to form human pyramid (tiers) only as for every their every day techniques to lower the variety of accidental incidents on the day of the festival. We don’t want any pathaks to increase their number of tiers with out any follow as it will trigger incidents.”

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Bala Padalkar, president of DHUSS, extra, “There has been a gap of two a long time, so the pathaks have to have to follow prior to accomplishing on the day of the pageant. We have questioned the Govinda pathaks to generally aim on receiving the health-related insurance plan coated for their users. It need to be done on a priority foundation.”

The apply classes of the Dahi Handi pathaks begin on the working day of Expert Purnima. This year, Dahi Handi will be celebrated on August 19. Mumbai has all over 1,500 to 2,000 Govinda pathaks of which only 3 to four pathaks can kind a nine-tier human pyramid, 20 to 25 pathaks can sort an eight-tier human pyramid.

BJP MLA Ram Kadam, NCP leader Jitendra Awhad and Shiv Sena MLA Pratap Sarnaik among other main organisers haven’t verified still if they are celebrating the pageant this 12 months. The festivities experienced been mainly marred by the pandemic in the final two years as constraints to prevent the spread of the coronavirus had been in put across the country.

Purvesh Sarnaik, son of MLA Pratap Sarnaik, who organises Sanskruti Yuva Pratishthan Dahi Handi, Thane in Vartak Nagar, will be arranging Pro Govinda levels of competition. Until eventually the past Dahi Handi function, the Pro Govinda competitiveness was only for pathaks who carry out 8-tier and nine-tier human pyramids.

“While not quite a few mandals have introduced their programs to organise Dahi Handi competitors however, we experienced a meeting with Pro Govinda organisers in Thane’s Vartak Nagar. This year, they have agreed to give possibilities to pathaks who form 5 and 6-tier human pyramids as well,” Patil added.


