Tomorrow, Mumbai will see Ganpati idols moving towards beaches, ponds and lakes as visarjan begins. In scenes familiar to Mumbaikars by now, the streets will be thronged by lakhs of people, as the city bids a sentimental farewell to the elephant-headed deity.

A couple of years ago, this paper had carried a front-page photograph of a girl getting molested in the crowd at Lalbaug on the final day of Ganeshotsav. Let women’s safety and security be a priority this time round. Since it is a Sunday, managing traffic will be slightly easier than on weekdays, but that does not mean we can throw discipline to the wind.