Summary:
Meanwhile, regular immersion spots also witnessed a huge rush of devotees on the first visarjan day THANE Over 12,000 Ganesh idols were immersed till late Friday evening during a peaceful and well-supervised procession at visarjan ghats across the lake city. The civic body had created artificial ponds at various parts in the city, including Upvan, Railadevi, Ambeghosale lake, Nilkanth woods, Balkum Rewale and Kharegaon. The old city and Wagle Estate area alone would witnessed nearly 5,600 immersions by the end of the day, while the immersion points at adjoining Kalwa, Mumbra and Ghodbunder areas would witness around 8,400 idols being brought in for the visarjan till Saturday early morning. The civic officials also deployed adequate staff along with CCTV cover to ensure safety in the CCTV.There are nearly 50,000 household Ganesh idols within the city; of which 14,000 were immersed on the second day of the festival itself..