KOLHAPUR: The city police have sent notices to Ganesh pandals in the city asking organisers to select a group of seven-eight people to accompany the idol for immersion.
Entry to Mahadwar road, which is the main route for the immersion procession, has been prohibited. Ganesh pandals have been asked to take alternative routes to reach Irani quarry. Panchganga ghat will also be barricaded to prohibit idol immersion in the river.
Due to the pandemic, the police have asked Ganapati mandal members to carry out the immersion in a simple manner and in the presence of few members.
Traffic at the immersion route will be diverted and police personnel will be deployed to prevent crowding. More than 3,000 police personnel will be deployed in the district to ensure the immersion process is conducted peacefully.
Superintendent of Kolhapur police Shailesh Balkawade said, “Last year, restrictions were imposed while carrying out immersion and the same will be extended this year. Entry on Mahadwar road, from Binkhambi Ganesh Mandir to Papachi Tikti stretch, will be prohibited for all Ganesh pandals and other vehicles. No vehicles will be allowed on the road from Saturday itself.”
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