Archive · 28 Sep 2026
Mumbai Ganpati Visarjan Leaves BMC With 2,854 MT Remains
Mumbai’s Ganpati festival ended after 12 days of celebrations.
People immersed more than 1.99 lakh Ganpati and Gauri idols in water bodies and artificial ponds.
Afterward, city workers collected the leftover pieces of the idols.
The BMC says it eventually collected 2,854.7 metric tonnes of material.
On Sunday morning, an earlier reported total was 2,754.85 metric tonnes.
The material is being kept at a dumping plot in Mulund.
The BMC has not yet decided how to dispose of it safely.
A court says the waste must be treated in an environmentally friendly way.
Possible methods include chemical processing, biological breakdown, or calcination.
The BMC retrieved 2,854.7 metric tonnes of immersed idol remains after Mumbai’s Ganpati festival.
More than 1.99 lakh Ganpati and Gauri idols were immersed across natural and artificial sites.
The remains are being stored at the Mulund dumping plot alongside about 2,500 MT from last year.
The BMC has not finalized a scientific disposal method and is awaiting company responses and bids.
The Bombay High Court requires environment-friendly disposal through chemical or biological processing or calcination.
- Who
- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation retrieved the idol remains, following directions from the Bombay High Court.
- What
- Mumbai generated 2,854.7 metric tonnes of remains from immersed Ganpati and Gauri idols, but the BMC has not finalized their scientific disposal.
- When
- The 12-day Ganeshotsav ended on Friday; retrieval figures were reported through Sunday morning and at the end of visarjan.
- Where
- The idols were immersed across Mumbai’s natural water bodies and artificial ponds, and the remains were transported to the Mulund dumping plot.
- Why
- The BMC must arrange environment-friendly disposal of the remains under Bombay High Court directions.
- Final reported remains
- 2,854.7 metric tonnes
- Earlier Sunday figure
- 2,754.85 metric tonnes
- Idols immersed
- More than 1.99 lakh Ganpati and Gauri idols
- Storage site
- Mulund dumping plot
- Previous-year backlog
- About 2,500 metric tonnes
- Vehicles used
- 707 vehicles
- Largest ward recovery
- K/West ward, with 314 metric tonnes