<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:22.0pt"></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:22.0pt"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">In Maharashtra, the immersion of oneand a half day Ganesha idols will be done today. The 10-day Ganesh festivalbegan from Saturday.</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:22.0pt"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Meanwhile, the Municipal Corporation ofGreater Mumbai has appealed to devotees to immerse the idols at the artificialponds or make an arrangements at home itself to avoid crowding at beaches in thewake of Covid-19 pandemic.</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:22.0pt"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">AIR correspondent reports, in order toensure physical distancing, safety and convenience in the wake of Covid-19pandemic, the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai has identified variouslocations where the devotees can handover their Ganesh idols to the team of thecivic body deployed at the immersion spots.</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:22.0pt"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The civic body has come up with a mapindicating the locations of natural / artificial ponds where the idols can behanded over to the civic body teams, within the closest proximity from theirresidence.</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:22.0pt"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">It has also appealed devotees to makearrangement at their home so that the idol can be immersed in a bucket or in abig utensil.</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:22.0pt"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">170 artificial ponds have also beenbuilt across all the 24 wards in the city where the idols of Lord Ganesha canbe immersed with the help of civic teams.</span></p>''<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:22.0pt"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">In containment zones, the civic bodyhas said that the organisers will have to make arrangement to immerse the idolsin the pandals itself. It has also urged the devotees to make use of (mobilespots on wheel) to immerse the idols</span></p>''<p></p>