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Pune Prepares Five Ghats, 150 Mobile Toilets For Ganeshotsav
Pune is getting ready for the Ganesh festival in 2026.
The city has prepared five places where people can immerse Ganesh idols.
It has also placed 60 iron tanks at 32 other locations.
About 150 mobile toilets will help visitors during the busy festival.
Workers have repaired several important roads used by processions.
The city is fixing floodlights and adding more temporary lights.
Lifeguards will be present at all five main immersion sites.
Nursing rooms are also planned to help women and families.
The Pune Municipal Corporation has prepared five major immersion ghats for Ganeshotsav 2026.
Sixty iron immersion tanks have been placed at 32 locations across the area.
Around 150 mobile toilets have been installed at 22 locations for the festival rush.
The civic body has repaired roads, improved lighting and ensured water at immersion points.
Lifeguards, sanitation workers and nursing rooms are part of the safety and public-service arrangements.
- Who
- The Pune Municipal Corporation, through its Vishrambagwada Regional Office, is organizing the arrangements.
- What
- The civic body is preparing immersion ghats, tanks, toilets, lighting, roads, sanitation staff and safety services for Ganeshotsav 2026.
- Where
- At five ghats and other facilities across the Vishrambagwada Regional Office area in Pune.
- When
- For Ganeshotsav 2026; the article does not provide specific festival dates.
- Why
- To support smooth idol immersion and manage sanitation, safety and visitor needs during the festival.
Key facts
- Main immersion ghats
- Five: Ashtabhuja Ghat, Patwardhan Samadhi Ghat, Apate Ghat, SM Joshi Pool and Hanambar Ghat at Tatwadi
- Iron immersion tanks
- 60 tanks placed at 32 locations
- Mobile toilets
- Around 150 installed at 22 locations
- Floodlights
- 54 of 95 floodlights repaired, with additional temporary lights being installed
- Road repairs
- Shivaji Road, Bajirao Road, Tilak Road, Kumthekar Road and Kelkar Road
- Sanitation deployment
- One divisional health inspector, nine health inspectors, 24 mukadams and 97 sweepers
- Safety measures
- Lifeguards deployed at all five ghats; nursing rooms planned at Belbaug Chowk and Alka Talkies Chowk
Sources
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