With the final day of Ganpati visarjan coming close (August 6), the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has this year made significantly improved arrangements across the city to make sure the immersions go smoothly, mainly of the idols from bigger mandals such as Lalbaugcha Raja, Mumbaicha Raja, and more.

The BMC, alongside enhanced safety and security, said it made arrangements by setting up additional numbers of artificial ponds for immersions, from 200 in 2024 to 288 this year, in compliance with the Bombay High Court’s order, leading to an increase in the total expenditure this year. 

In an RTI filed by Advocate Godfrey Pimenta, the BMC has provided information saying that this year, between April 1 and August 18, the civic body spent a total of Rs 90,74,025.96 on the preparations for the festival.