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Maharashtra Unveils Rs 11 Crore Plan, Drone Shows and E-Darshan for State Ganeshotsav

Officials have rolled out permit reforms, tax exemptions, site inspections, security deployments, administrative support to prepare for the festival’s first full state-sponsored staging

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Civic commissioner tours city on auto to take stock of Ganesh Festival preparations
Devotees carry an idol of Lord Ganesh for visarjan (immersion) in Mumbai. The 10-day long festival will end on Monday. (Kunal Patil/HT photo)
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Overview

  • The government has allocated roughly Rs 11 crore for the 10-day Ganeshotsav, including Rs 5 crore grants for bhajan mandals and Rs 1.5 crore in prizes for top public mandals across taluka, district and state levels
  • PL Deshpande Kala Academy, the Directorate of Cultural Affairs and Dadasaheb Phalke Film City will host competitions, lectures, a national publicity campaign, drone shows and a new digital e-darshan platform
  • Municipal commissioners and police in Mumbai, Pune and other cities are inspecting immersion sites to expand artificial ponds, deploy additional boats for deep-sea immersions and finalize traffic and crowd-management plans
  • A computerised single-window system has been launched for festival permits, five-year renewable licenses have been granted to idol makers, and property-tax exemptions offered to mandal offices that certify non-commercial use
  • Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has urged mandals to feature Operation Sindoor and Swadeshi themes and dedicate tableaux to soldiers while assuring measures for communal harmony and court-compliant loudspeaker limits