The 10-day Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations that may start from Friday might be muted in Mumbai after town police banned a gathering of 5 or extra individuals citing the Covid-19 pandemic and put in a number of different curbs to be strictly imposed as per authorities instructions. According to a police assertion, no processions can be allowed in Mumbai between September 10 to19 and devotees wouldn’t be allowed to go to Ganesh pandals. All outstanding Ganesh mandals would offer digital darshan services, police mentioned. Deputy commissioner of Mumbai Police S Chaitanya referred to the directives of the house division in addition to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in his order. People can have ‘darshan’ of Ganesh idols put in in pandals by the net mode or by different digital media akin to TV, the police launch mentioned. Anyone violating the orders would face motion beneath part 188 (disobeying order lawfully promulgated by public servant) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and different related legal guidelines, it added.
