Pune: The civic administration has decided to conduct a scrutiny of all pandals coming up for Ganeshotsav to check if the organisers are following the norms based on which permissions were given to them. The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC), from 2022, eliminated the need to apply for pandal permissions each year and started giving approvals for a five-year period. “The survey will be carried out across the civic areas, but we will focus on pandals near hospitals and schools.
The inspection will start from this month-end,” a senior civic official said. According to the PMC pandal policy, the height of the pandal should not be more than 40feet. If any organiser wishes to erect a pandal of more than 40feet in height, then they need to give an application along with a structural stability certificate issued by an authorised civil engineer.
“The ward offices have been instructed to form teams to visit locations in their jurisdiction and check the mandals. They will file a report based on the fact-finding to the anti-encroachment department for future course of action,” said Somnath Bankar, head of PMC’s anti-encroachment department. As many as 3,700 mandals had registered for Ganeshotsav in 2023.
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