Section 144 of the CRPC has been implemented till July 15 to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Maharashtra’s capital Mumbai. The Mumbai Police on Wednesday decided to implement Section 144. Under this, there will be a restriction on the movement or gathering of people in public places.

The order issued by the Mumbai Police states that there will be a ban on the movement of people for non-essential work till July 15. The police officer said that according to the order, the gathering or movement of one or more persons in public places will be stopped.

However, during this time religious places will be exempted from certain conditions. Mumbai Police Commissioner Pranay Ashok said that legal action will be taken against those who violate the order. The total corona patients in Mumbai have increased to 77,658. So far 4556 people have died here.

Talking about the state, 4878 new cases of corona have been reported in Maharashtra on Tuesday. With this, the number of corona infected patients has increased to one lakh 74 thousand 761 in the state. Apart from this, the number of people who lost their lives in the state has increased to 7855.

In view of the Covid-19 epidemic, the Lal Bagh King Ganesh Mandal has decided to cancel the Ganesh Chaturthi festival this year. Sudhir Salvi, the secretary of this Mandal, who prepared a very attractive statue of Ganapati in his pandal in Mumbai, said that they will not celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi this year.

He said that this year Mandal will organize blood and plasma donation camps. In addition, the board will also provide financial assistance to those policemen who have died due to coronavirus. Explain that Chief Minister Thackeray had requested to celebrate Ganesh Utsav in a simple manner this year.

Ganesh Chaturthi is on 22 August this year. Lalbagh Raja Mandal has been celebrating Ganesh Utsav since 1934. Salvi said, “We have decided not to install the statue this year. We will celebrate this festival by organizing blood and plasma donation camps. We are going to give Rs 25 lakh to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. ‘

Ganesh Utsav is an extremely popular festival in Maharashtra. Large pandals are held in various areas of the state, including Mumbai, where thousands of devotees visit for 10 days. Chief Minister Uddhav had last month requested the Ganesh mandals to organize social welfare programs.

News Source: NewsIndianExpress

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