Vizag CP launches website for Ganesh pandal permission
Visakhapatnam Police Commissioner Shankabratha Bagchi has introduced a mandatory online single-window system for obtaining permissions to set up Ganesh pandals. Organizers must provide detailed safety and logistical information to receive a QR code for police monitoring.
Why it matters
This digitizes and streamlines the regulatory process for large-scale public religious events, enhancing safety and traffic management.
With Ganesh Chaturthi around the corner, Visakhapatnam Police Commissioner, Shankabratha Bagchi on Saturday mandated prior permission for setting up Ganesh pandals in the city. The organisers have been directed to apply for permission through a single-window online permission system (https://ganeshutsav.net).
Addressing a press conference at the police conference hall, Mr. Bagchi said that the Ganesh utsav committees are supposed to furnish complete details of the proposed celebrations, including the name of the organising committee, contact numbers, exact location of the pandal, duration for which it will be installed, programmes planned, expected number of devotees, electrical and fire-safety arrangements, CCTV facilities, sound systems and immersion details. Following which various departments will do necessary scrutiny and give clearance.
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