The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has clarified that reports claiming the civic body will make fitness certificates mandatory for Ganesh idols are factually incorrect and that no such instructions have been issued.

The clarification comes after messages circulated on social media and other platforms claimed that Ganeshotsav mandals would be required to obtain fitness certificates for idols weighing more than one tonne. The reports also suggested that mandals or idol makers would have to maintain detailed information about an idol from the time of its construction until its delivery.