Mumbai News Today Live Updates, Mumbai Ganesh Visarjan 2022: The ten-day Ganesh festival celebrated across Maharashtra with fervour is concluding on Friday, and processions for the immersion of idols of the deity are being taken out, for which the authorities in Mumbai and other parts of the state have made elaborate arrangements. The festival dedicated to the elephant-headed god had begun on August 31. At the culmination of the festival on Anant Chaturdashi, the idols of Lord Ganesh are taken to nearby water bodies and immersed. Devotees take the idols for immersion in a grand processions. (PTI)
Meanwhile, heavy rain on Thursday evening led to waterlogging in several parts of Mumbai, bringing traffic on the Western Express Highway (WEH) to a standstill and delaying several trains on the Central Railway. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) had predicted heavy rainfall for Mumbai, along with heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorm for Raigad, Palghar and Thane districts, with wind speed of 40 to 50 on Friday.
In other news, against the backdrop of Sunday’s road accident in Palghar, resulting in the death of industrialist Cyrus Mistry and one more person, the Palghar Police said on Thursday that Dr Anahita Pandole, who was at the wheels, had applied brakes five seconds prior to the accident. “The report sent to us by Mercedes said that the vehicle was being driven at a speed of 100 kmph and Dr Anahita Pandole applied brakes five seconds prior to the accident. When the crash took place, the vehicle was travelling at a speed of 89 kmph,” he added.
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Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/mumbai-news-live-updates-ganesh-festival-eknath-shinde-rains-8137931/
