Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh held a meeting with representatives of various Ganesh mandals from the city and sought their views on how they plan to organise the Ganpati festival celebration this year in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak. The 10-day festival begins on -Ganesh Chaturthi-, which falls on August 22 this year.

During the meeting, which took place on Tuesday at the commissioner-s office, the mandals assured the police chief that they will follow all orders of the Maharashtra government and if directed, they will not organise the celebrations this year, a representative of one of the mandals said.