Overview

• The change covers only Mumbai City and Mumbai Suburban districts, while the rest of Maharashtra will observe the holiday on Sept. 5 as planned.
• The government issued the order in the Governor’s name using Section 25 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881.
• Deputy Secretary Dilip Deshpande signed the notification and directed immediate implementation by administrative departments and district authorities.
• Representatives of Muslim organisations had agreed on Aug. 21 to hold the Eid-e-Milad procession on Sept. 8 as a goodwill measure to ease congestion.
• For Ganesh Visarjan on Sept. 6, the BMC has arranged 70 natural immersion sites and about 290 artificial ponds across Mumbai.