Mumbai: With more than 1,200 ganpati mandals in cities that are looking for permission to establish a Pandal, BMC has set conditions such as ensuring all organizers and volunteers are the protocols that are fully vaccinated and covid.
Ganeshotsav 11 days will begin on September 10.
BMC has received an application of 1,273 ganpati mandals, where 519 has been given permission so far.
This figure is expected to increase given that last year, during the first wave of Covid pandemic, 1,700 mandals were allowed to establish a pandal.
Pre-covid periods, there are 2,000 pandals throughout the city with BMC approval.
This year, citizenship officials said, before giving a pandal permit, the committee was asked to ensure that all precautions were right Covid was in place.
The Supplementary City Commissioner BMC Suresh Kakani said that all 244 testing centers will be activated and organizers and volunteers will be encouraged to do tests.
“On each ward, the field staff will also be asked to encourage organizers and visitors to the Pandal to do a Covid test at the nearest center so that if anyone tests the positive they can be isolated and treated quickly,” Kakani said quickly, “Kakani said.
This year, the celebration of GanPati is a low key.
Mandal must limit the height of idols to 4 feet, while idols worshiped at home should not be more than 2 feet tall.
Great meetings have been banned, most of the mandals will provide Darshan online and no more than five People will be permitted in a pandal at once.
“These five people need to take a vaccine dose and complete a period of 14 days later,” said an official.
“During Impersio-NS, no procession was permitted and a large number of people who were vaccinated fully able to participate.
We also asked for Ma-ndal to create awareness about Covid behavior through Darshan Online.
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