{
  "id": 7840906,
  "title": "Panvel Ganesh Visarjan Concludes Peacefully As 7,629 Household Idols Immersed Across 106 Locations With Eco-Friendly Measures",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/panvel-ganesh-visarjan-concludes-peacefully-as-7-629-household-idols",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T17:35:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/panvel-ganesh-visarjan-concludes-peacefully-as-7629-household-idols-immersed-across-106-locations-with-eco-friendly-measures"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The annual Ganesh Visarjan festival in Panvel concluded without incident on Wednesday, as 7,629 household idols were immersed at 106 locations throughout the Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) area. The PMC had meticulously organized the event under the Mazi Vasundhara 7.0 initiative, focusing on cleanliness, attraction, and pollution-free celebrations.\n\nTo facilitate the immersion process, 106 designated sites were prepared across the four civic divisions of Kalamboli, Kamothe, Panvel, and Kharghar, along with the Navade sub-division. These sites included 77 natural immersion sites and 29 artificial ponds. Multiple civic departments, including construction, health, electrical, licensing, stores, transport, medical, and environment departments, collaborated to provide necessary amenities such as security, electricity, CCTV cameras, stages, and nirmalya collection urns.\n\nThe PMC's environment-focused campaign, 'Utsav Ganrayacha, Jagar Paryavaranacha' (Celebrating Lord Ganesha, Creating Environmental Awareness), aimed to promote eco-friendly practices while preserving the sanctity of the festival. Mayor Nitin Patil and other civic officials visited various immersion locations to ensure smooth operations, and the fire brigade, traffic, medical, and sanitation teams were deployed to maintain safety and cleanliness throughout the event.",
  "summary": "Around 7,629 household Ganesh idols were immersed peacefully and in a planned manner across the Panvel Municipal Corporation (PMC) area on Wednesday, with arrangements put in place across the four civic divisions of Kalamboli, Kamothe, Panvel and Kharghar, as well as the Navade sub-division. 106 Immersion Locations Prepared Across PMC Jurisdiction The civic body had made arrangements at 106…",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Kalyan-Dombivli Ganesh Visarjan Concludes Peacefully As 16,666 Idols Immersed With Extensive Civic Safety Arrangements",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/kalyan-dombivli-ganesh-visarjan-concludes-peacefully-as-16-666-idols",
        "published": "2026-09-16T17:27:58.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}