Mumbai Toxic Colours

A 13-year-old boy died and 235 people, mostly children, continued to be in hospital on Friday after they mistook a chemical dye to be Holi colour, officials here said. Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, who ordered a high-level probe into the tragedy and visited the Sion Hospital where most those taken ill were admitted, said the dye got...

Holi celebrations in Mumbai turned sour when over 200 people, most of them children, suffered colour poisoning. Many of them were hospitalised following allergic reactions. The incident occurred in Shastrinagar area of Dharavi this afternoon when Holi celebrations were in full swing.

A 13-year-old boy died and 235 people, mostly children, continued to be in hospital on Friday after they mistook a chemical dye to be Holi colour, officials here said. Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan, who ordered a high-level probe into the tragedy and visited the Sion Hospital where most those taken ill were admitted, said the dye got...

Holi celebrations in Mumbai turned sour when over 200 people, most of them children, suffered colour poisoning. Many of them were hospitalised following allergic reactions. The incident occurred in Shastrinagar area of Dharavi this afternoon when Holi celebrations were in full swing.