Ganpati festival: PMC to not provide water tanks for idol immersion, political parties pen letter ...
(WorldNews India)

The PMC will not be providing the facility of artificial ponds and various services during idol immersion for the Ganpati festival, a decision that has not gone down well with political parties, including the opposition, NCP, Congress, and Shiv Sena. The civic body has made an appeal to Ganesh mandals to install idols in temples instead of erecting pandals for the 10-day festival that begins on August 22. In a public appeal, Mayor Murlidhar Mohol said, “The civic staff is busy with work related to Covid-19, so the civic body will not provide services for immersion of Ganesh idols across the city this year.” Every year, the PMC constructs water tanks and deputes civic staff at each immersion...