The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has allowed immersion of Ganesh idols in the sea and natural lakes across the city amid warnings of the third wave of the pandemic in September. While it has banned processions, the civic body has asked all big mandals to ensure that the darshan is strictly done online. There are over 13,000 Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav mandals in the city. Last year, the corporation had asked them to immerse the idols in the nearest artificial ponds.

Senior citizens and children will not be allowed at the immersion sites this time. File pic/Nimesh Dave