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Teen
dead, 200 still in hospital after 'colour' poisoning
Friday March 09, 2012 11:56:39 AM,
IANS
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Mumbai: A 13-year-old
boy died and around 200 people, mostly children, continued to be
in hospital following an allergic reaction from toxic colours on Holi, police here said Friday. Maharashtra Chief Minister
Prithviraj Chavan has ordered a high-level probe into the
incident.
Vikas Valmiki from Ghatkopar died late Thursday. He was rushed to
hospital with severe symptoms of colour allergy but doctors could
do little to save him, according to an official at the Dharavi
police station.
Police and medical authorities have yet to identify the mystery
blue colour that sparked panic and aborted Holi celebrations in
the area Thursday afternoon.
Municipal Commissioner Subodh Kumar visited the victims in Sion
Hospital Friday.
Chavan has directed that the report be submitted within a
fortnight. The probe panel will be headed by Medical Education
Secretary I.S. Chahal, and will include Maharashtra Pollution
Control Board (MPCB) member Milind Mhaiskar, Food & Drugs
Authority commissioner Mahesh Zagde, Additional Municipal
Commissioner Manisha Mhaiskar and a high-ranking police official.
Holi took a tragic turn Thursday afternoon when scores of
children, mainly from Dharavi slums, Sion, Ghatkopar and
surrounding areas complained of giddiness, breathlessness,
vomiting, burning eyes, dehydration, low oxygen levels and skin
rashes after they had played with or unknowingly consumed tiny
quantities of some unknown colour.
The condition of most them is reported to be stable, police said.
Preliminary investigations by the police have revealed that some
poor slum kids reportedly discovered bags of blue colour lying
unattended near a garbage dump in Dharavi.
Police and civic officials had issued warnings asking people to
stay away from cheap and polluted Holi colours.
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