{
  "id": 8220739,
  "title": "Nashik: Ganesh Mandal Volunteers To Help Manage Crowds During MahaSimhastha 2027",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/18/nashik-ganesh-mandal-volunteers-to-help-manage-crowds-during",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-18T08:27:17.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/pune/nashik-ganesh-mandal-volunteers-to-help-manage-crowds-during-mahasimhastha-2027"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nashik: In preparation for the upcoming Nashik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha Kumbh Mela, members of Ganesh mandals (festival committees) across the city are expected to participate as volunteers. Given their experience in managing large crowds, processions, traffic coordination and public assistance during Ganeshotsav, the administration is considering involving these volunteers in various aspects of…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}