Devotees make preparations for Chhath puja at Karave pond in Nerul, Navi Mumbai, on Monday

MUMBAI: The BMC on Monday issued revised tips for celebrating Chhath puja in Mumbai. With the Congress and BJP each protesting over the civic physique’s round issued final week in a bid to woo the North Indian neighborhood forward of the municipal polls, the BMC on Monday stated it would assemble synthetic ponds and bear the price of these ponds too. Nevertheless, the brand new round has not allowed Chhath Puja on the town’s seashores and sea shores.
Chhath Puja, which begins on November 10 and ends the subsequent morning, is usually celebrated by Bihar and Uttar Pradesh natives. Ladies quick and pray to the solar and Chhathi Devi for the lengthy life and properly being of their husbands and youngsters.
“The variety of synthetic ponds wanted and their areas will likely be recognized on the ward degree. The price of the development of those synthetic ponds will likely be borne by the BMC. The duty of development after which dousing the ponds will likely be of the BMC officers,” the company stated.
The civic physique has requested devotees to keep away from seashores and sea shores. The BMC has as a substitute urged devotees to have fun the competition in a low-key method and carry out the puja at synthetic ponds. The police have been requested to make sure that there is no such thing as a crowding at seashores.
The Congress on Saturday urged Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to permit Chhath Puja and direct the BMC to assemble synthetic ponds for the puja throughout the town. Mumbai Congress chief Bhai Jagtap, who wrote to the CM on the problem, additionally met civic officers on Monday urging them to revise the round.
BJP corporator Vinod Mishra stated that the BJP too had taken up the problem because the BMC’s earlier round was not clear and was an injustice to devotees from the North Indian neighborhood.