Dahi Handi festival has been celebrated with great pomp in Mumbai and surrounding areas. While bursting the high Dahi Handi, many times Govinda, who was involved in the Govinda Pathak, dies after falling from a height. At the same time, due to injury in hands and legs, a person also becomes handicapped. Keeping this risk in mind, the Government of Maharashtra has taken an important decision. In fact, the Maharashtra government will provide insurance up to Rs 10 lakh to the Govindas participating in the Govinda Pathak.
Let us inform that for a long time the demand for insurance cover was being made from the government on behalf of Govinda Pathak. However, after this decision, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar are competing to take credit. Let us tell you that the Dahi Handi program is organized by political parties. High Dahi Handi is organized by political parties and prizes worth lakhs of rupees are kept. In such a situation, the members of Govinda Pathak have to face untoward incidents which are indirectly linked to political parties.
The state government is being praised for providing insurance cover to the Govinda Pathaks. Ajit Pawar faction has the Sports Ministry and this decision has been taken by the Sports Department. Sports Minister Sanjay Bansod who is from Ajit Pawar faction. On the other hand, Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has been organizing Dahi Handi at Tembhinaka in Thane ever since he was not the Chief Minister. About 50 thousand Govidas will be benefited by getting insurance cover.