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However, this year, the authorities have received fewer permission requests to put up pandals.Īccording to the Brihanmumbai Sarvajanik Ganesh Utsav Samanvay Samiti, there are usually about 12,000 mandals in the city - 2,470 on public roads, and the rest within housing societies and private buildings. Usually, the Ganesh festival is marked by the emergence of pandals - makeshift structures with elaborate dais for the idol - at every nook in Mumbai. That’s one of the main reasons why we have been insisting on celebrating the festival this year,” he added.Īlso Read: How Maharashtra and southern states are celebrating Gudi Padwa, Ugadi in lockdown “There’s a certain depression that we can see in society, and there’s no will to do anything celebratory. Many of the Ganpati mandal volunteers, Dahibhavkar added, “are young professionals who have lost their jobs and suffered pay cuts due to the pandemic”. There’s no will to do anything celebratory. Naresh Dahibhavkar, president of the Brihanmumbai Sarvajanik Ganesh Utsav Samanvay Samiti, a government-recognised committee that coordinates between Ganesh mandals, civic authorities and the local police, said, “Yes, there are rules for social distancing that won’t make the festival feel the same as every year, but, more importantly, in the past few months, the pessimism among people has increased. Muted alright, but organisers of Ganesh pandal s say they are making it a point to celebrate the festival this year. Every day, Mumbai has been adding about 1,000 cases to its tally, with Wednesday registering 1,132 fresh infections. Mumbai has been one of India’s Covid hotspots with a total caseload of 1,26,371 - 19,064 active cases - as of Wednesday evening, according to data from the Mumbai civic agency. With the coronavirus pandemic yet to recede, and Mumbai still struggling against a high caseload and fatalities, the preparations for Lord Ganesh’s arrival this year have got a Covid filter. The 10-day Ganesh festival, a Hindu tradition celebrated with special fervour in Maharashtra, will begin 22 August. His list of tasks includes helping mandal s in his area set up online darshan s and enforce social distancing, and coordinating with hospitals and ambulance services in case anyone involved in Ganesh festival preparations contracts Covid-19.
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This year, too, Morye has his hands full with Ganesh festival preparations, but of a different kind. “Whether it is cleaning the pandal or rushing to nearby shops for some last-minute aarti requirements, or even coordinating with police and civic ward offices for permissions, I’ve been doing it all for years,” Morye told ThePrint. Order applicable under the jurisdiction area of Mumbai Police Commissionerate,” news agency ANI reported.Mumbai: Since his childhood, Nikhil Morye, 29, a resident of Mumbai suburb Goregaon, has always been busy this time of the year, running around and doing odd jobs for the ‘Mangal Murti Ganesh Mandal’, a local Ganesh pandal. Devotees to take darshan of Lord Ganesha online.
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More than 5 people not allowed to gather at a place. “Mumbai Police impose Sec 144 CrPC in Mumbai from 10-19 Sept. The rule will come into effect from 10 September onwards and stay in place for the entire duration of the festival. Now, in another update, the Mumbai Police have also imposed Section 144 in the city which does not allow a gathering of more than 5 people.
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On Thursday, the Mumbai Police followed suit banning the public from visiting the city's pandals. However, the city's civic body BMC and Mumbai Police have put in place restrictions so that Covid-19 cases do not surge drastically.Ī few days ago, the BMC had banned physical darshan at pandals in the city. With the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi beginning tomorrow i.e 10 September, Mumbaikars have geared up to celebrate the festival after the lull of 2020.