Archive · 5 Sep 2026
Navi Mumbai Orders Enforcement Drive Ahead of Ganeshotsav 2026
Navi Mumbai officials are preparing for Ganeshotsav in 2026.
The municipal commissioner wants footpaths and roads to stay clear and safe.
Unauthorised hawkers may be removed, while licensed hawkers may be moved to approved places.
Paan shops should not operate within 50 metres of schools or colleges.
Officials will also act against abandoned vehicles and late-night food stalls.
Police will help address suspected narcotics activity near schools and railway stations.
Workers will repair potholes, trim trees and improve lighting along festival routes.
They will also prepare artificial immersion ponds and remove unauthorised banners.
Navi Mumbai Municipal Commissioner Dr Kailas Shinde ordered intensified action against unauthorised hawkers and abandoned vehicles.
Paan shops within 50 metres of schools and colleges will face enforcement action, with police support.
Night squads will target unauthorised food stalls operating on roads after 11 pm.
Officials were directed to repair potholes, trim trees, improve lighting and prepare immersion ponds before Ganeshotsav.
Police and civic officials will coordinate on encroachments, narcotics, homelessness and sanitation concerns.
- Who
- Navi Mumbai Municipal Commissioner Dr Kailas Shinde directed municipal and police officials to take action.
- What
- A special enforcement and festival-preparation drive will target encroachments, hawkers, paan shops near educational institutions, abandoned vehicles and other civic issues.
- When
- The orders were issued on September 5, 2026, ahead of Ganeshotsav 2026.
- Where
- Across Navi Mumbai, with particular attention to schools, colleges, hospitals, railway stations, markets, roads and festival routes.
- Why
- The measures are intended to keep public spaces accessible and safe, reduce students' exposure to narcotic substances, improve cleanliness and support safe Ganeshotsav arrangements.
- Commissioner
- Dr Kailas Shinde
- Paan-shop restriction
- No paan shops within 50 metres of schools or colleges
- Night enforcement
- Unauthorised food vending on roads will be targeted after 11 pm
- Hawker policy
- Licensed hawkers may be shifted to designated locations; unauthorised hawkers face action
- Vehicle action
- Abandoned vehicles on roads and in railway-station parking areas will be removed
- Festival preparations
- Pothole repairs, tree trimming, artificial immersion ponds, improved lighting and banner removal
- Police coordination
- Police will support action on encroachments, narcotics, homelessness and sanitation