21 Participants Fall Ill After Attending Yoga Day Event 

Lucknow: Twenty one participants, including several children, fell ill due to adverse weather after taking part in the International Yoga Day programme on Wednesday which was also attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi here at the Rambai Ambedkar grounds.

"Due to rain and wind, 21 participants complained of hypothermia (shivering and cold) or headache. Some of them were treated at the temporary hospital set up at the venue. They were later brought to the Lokbandhu hospital and were admitted there for two-three hours," District Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma said. The participants were later discharged after their condition normalised.

The participants, who had to attend the PM's yoga day programme had to reach the venue in the early hours and it rained heavily between 4 to 4.30 am with gusty winds. The administration had made arrangements for health care facilities at the venue and a temporary eight bed hospital had been set up. Twenty four ambulances and twenty mobile stretchers were also available at the venue.