NEW DELHI: More than 100 people, most of them children aged between 8 and 14, were hospitalised in Bhopal and neighbouring Vidisha district after using calcium carbide guns during Diwali celebrations, officials said on Thursday. Around 60 children are being treated in government hospitals in the state capital, while 50 others are under care in Vidisha. At least five of them have suffered serious eye injuries. “These carbide pipe guns are extremely dangerous,” said Bhopal’s chief medical health officer (CMHO) Manish Sharma, as quoted by PTI. “All 60 injured in Bhopal are still being treated, though their condition is stable.” Patients have been admitted to Hamidia Hospital, JP Hospital, AIIMS Bhopal, and Seva Sadan Hospital. The makeshift guns are made using plastic pipes, gas light

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