Archive · 16 Sep 2026
GVMC Chief Orders Overnight Cleanup at Ganesh Immersion Sites
Ketan Garg is the city official responsible for sanitation in Visakhapatnam.
He visited a Ganesh immersion site late on Monday night.
He wanted to see whether workers and equipment were ready.
He told workers to clean away flowers, पूजा materials, idol pieces and other rubbish quickly.
The waste should be removed within two to three hours in the early morning.
The site should be clean by sunrise.
Officials must check workers’ attendance using facial-recognition devices.
They must also keep the area well-lit and have enough vehicles and machines available.
GVMC Commissioner Ketan Garg inspected the Ganesh immersion site near Naval Coastal Battery around midnight on Monday.
He reviewed the immersion process, sanitation work, worker attendance and staff deployment.
Officials were told to remove idols’ remnants, flowers, puja materials and other waste within two to three hours after immersion.
Garg directed officials to maintain sanitation operations throughout the night and keep sites clean by daybreak.
He ordered facial-recognition attendance monitoring and regular checks of lighting, vehicles, machinery and equipment.
- Who
- GVMC Commissioner Ketan Garg directed public health and engineering officials.
- What
- Officials were ordered to conduct continuous post-immersion sanitation and maintain lighting at Ganesh immersion sites.
- When
- Around midnight on Monday; cleanup was to continue overnight and be completed within two to three hours in the early morning.
- Where
- Ganesh immersion sites along Visakhapatnam’s beach areas, including the site near Naval Coastal Battery on Beach Road.
- Why
- To promptly remove immersion waste and keep the sites clean and safely illuminated.
- Official
- GVMC Commissioner Ketan Garg
- Inspection time
- Around midnight on Monday
- Inspected site
- Ganesh immersion site near Naval Coastal Battery on Beach Road
- Cleanup deadline
- Within two to three hours in the early morning
- Waste targeted
- Immersed idol remnants, flowers, puja materials and other waste
- Attendance monitoring
- Facial-recognition devices
- Lighting requirement
- Adequate illumination until the immersion process is complete