Nagpur : Ganesh Visarjan was celebrated with much pomp and gaeity across Maharashtra. This year no untoward incident has been reported from Nagpur however reports said three people drowned in Bhandara during the immersion ritual. It was reported that as many as 11 people drowned in various parts of Maharashtra during immersion of Ganesh idols till 10 pm on Sunday.
In big cities like Pune and Mumbai, processions carrying huge idols of the Lord Ganesh on decorated trucks, accompanied by thousands of devotees and troupes of drummers, continued well past midnight.
As per the Director General of Police’s Control Room, Raigad and Jalna reported three drownings each while Satara and Bhandara witnessed two drownings each and one person died in Pimpri Chinchwad.
Mumbai did not report any such incident till late evening Sunday, the control room official added.
The immersion processions were marred by unruly incidents in cities like Nashik, Pune and Kolhapur, mostly due to arguments over the use of sound amplifying systems, police said.
While public Ganesh mandals prefer to take the idols for immersion to sea shores or rivers, families which install smaller idols are increasingly conducting ‘visarjan’ at homes in buckets of water.
With a view to avoid pollution of natural water bodies, many civic bodies have also set up artificial ponds for immersion.
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