Hundreds of Ganpati mandals can now heave a sigh of relief after the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRC), traffic police and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) agreed to clear metro obstructions and widen roads to make way for idols. Now, barricades installed for the ongoing Metro-3 (Colaba-Bandra-Seepz) work will be either removed or pushed behind, to decongest the road for smooth movement of idols. Earlier, many ganpati mandals had complained about the narrowed-down streets due to the metro work, which will lead to obstruction in carrying Ganpati idols on a trolley.

Traffic police, MMRC and BMC officials at a joint inspection of a Metro-3 construction site in Girgaon on Saturday. Pic/Bipin kokate