Archive · 31 Aug 2026
Mumbai Ganpati Mandals Get Midnight Loudspeaker Permission On Four Days
Mumbai’s Ganesh festival will begin on September 14, 2026.
Public festival groups called mandals can use loudspeakers until midnight on four immersion days.
Those days are September 15, 18, 19 and 25.
The permission allows loudspeakers from 6 a.m.
until midnight.
It is meant to support processions where many people gather to say goodbye to the Ganesh idols.
The permission does not automatically apply to every day of the festival.
The groups must still obey noise limits and court orders.
Loudspeakers cannot be used in government-designated peace zones.
Mumbai Ganesh festival mandals may use loudspeakers until midnight on four immersion days in 2026.
The permitted dates are September 15, 18, 19 and 25, from 6 a.m. to midnight.
Ganeshotsav 2026 begins on September 14, while the notification does not extend midnight permission to other festival days.
The permission is intended to accommodate late-night immersion processions, which draw large crowds and feature music and dancing.
Mandals must follow noise limits, Bombay High Court orders and restrictions on loudspeakers in designated peace zones.
- Who
- Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav mandals in Mumbai.
- What
- They have permission to use loudspeakers and amplifiers until midnight on four Ganpati immersion days.
- When
- September 15, 18, 19 and 25, 2026; Ganeshotsav begins on September 14.
- Where
- Mumbai, under a notification from the Mumbai Suburban Collector.
- Why
- To accommodate late-night Ganpati immersion processions, while maintaining prescribed noise limits and other restrictions.
- Festival start
- September 14, 2026
- Midnight-permission dates
- September 15, 18, 19 and 25, 2026
- Permitted hours
- 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight
- Legal framework
- Section 5(3) of the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Rules, 2000
- Annual provision
- Fifteen holiday days may be designated for extended loudspeaker use, including four Ganpati festival days.
- Notification date
- February 2, 2026
- Key restrictions
- Noise limits must be maintained; Bombay High Court noise-pollution orders must be followed; peace zones are excluded.