The Sarvajanik mandals have cited that they got less time to seek permission as there were long weekends and also the ward-level offices didn't work on holidays as promised earlier.
As city gears for first full Ganpati festival since pandemic, BMC and railways pour cold water, repeat same 2019 warning about dilapidated bridges, which stay unfixed three years later
The Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav mandals in the city are all set to welcome Bappa in their pandal. But they are worried about the potholes on the procession route which have not been filled up yet. So the mandals have requested the BMC authorities to fill all the potholes, especially in the western suburbs before August 15.
Ahead of the Ganpati festival falling on August 31, the BMC has granted permission to 503 out of 1,249 applications received from different Ganeshotsav mandals in the past one month. Permissions were denied to 102 mandals and the rest 506 applications are still in process.