Archive · 26 Aug 2026
Ahead of Ganeshotsav, Panvel Launches Online Pandal Permission System
Panvel Municipal Corporation has created a website for groups organizing public Ganesh celebrations.
The groups can use it to apply for permission to build festival pandals.
The new system is meant to reduce repeated visits to different municipal offices.
Officials from the municipality, police, CIDCO and MSEDCL discussed festival preparations.
Police asked organizers to get permission for idol arrival and immersion processions.
They also recommended CCTV cameras and night-time volunteers for safety.
The municipality will work on traffic, road repairs, sanitation and immersion arrangements.
Officials want the festival to happen smoothly and safely.
Panvel Municipal Corporation launched an online single-window system for public Ganesh mandal pandal permissions.
The portal, pandal.maharts.in, will coordinate clearances from police, traffic police, fire and municipal departments.
Ward-level nodal officers will help mandals complete the permission process after document submission.
Officials discussed traffic, immersion facilities, road repairs, sanitation, safety and law-and-order preparations.
Police urged mandals and housing societies to secure procession permissions, install CCTV cameras and deploy night volunteers.
- Who
- Panvel Municipal Corporation, Ganesh mandals, police, CIDCO and MSEDCL officials, and other civic representatives.
- What
- PMC launched an online single-window system for public Ganesh mandal pandal permissions and coordinated departmental clearances.
- When
- The initiative was announced at a planning meeting on August 25, 2026, according to the article dated August 26, 2026.
- Where
- Panvel, including PMC ward committees and the Navade sub-division.
- Why
- To simplify permissions, reduce repeated municipal office visits and coordinate safety, traffic, immersion and other festival arrangements.
- Civic body
- Panvel Municipal Corporation
- Online portal
- pandal.maharts.in
- Permission applicants
- Public Ganesh mandals
- Clearances
- Traffic police, local police, fire brigade and municipal property department no-objection certificates
- Issuing authorities
- Ward Committees A, B, C and D, and the Navade sub-division
- Immersion arrangement
- PMC directed officials to arrange an additional raft at Ballaleshwar Lake
- Safety advice
- Install CCTV cameras around pandals and deploy volunteers at night