The Mumbai civic body on Tuesday put restrictions on mass celebration of Chhath Puja at natural water bodies in the city and asked devotees to avoid crowding in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. The festival, to be held from November 18 to 21 this year, usually see large numbers of devotees gathering at prominent beaches, river banks and other water …
Mumbai’s biggest festival is coming to an end and it had also paved the way for festivities, devotions and community participation but more importantly, pollution. The ban was imposed upon the immersions of POP idols into natural water bodies but allowed for immersions into artificial ponds. Spreading Awareness Under Vanashakti, we had drafted a petition last year, to regularise the …
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