Fortress Belgaum for tomorrow

11:24 AM Posted by ukmad

Come public festivals and the city of Belgaum is made into a fortress. May it be Shiv Jayanti or Ganesh Idol immersion which is tomorrow September 3, security in the city has been tightened.

52 CCTV cameras will record the entire idol immersion procession from the control room at Khade Bazar Police station. SP Sonia Narang said they have taken preventative measure to maintain law and order during idol immersion and procession. Ten 10 KSRP and 15 DARP platoons, 200 police officers, 2,000 police personnel, 200 women constables and 200 Home Guards will keep vigil in the city. Liquor shops will shut from tomorrow morning and will open only on September 4 after 10 am.

The idol immersion procession in which 195 mandals will take part will start at 4pm from Hutatma Chowk, and will take the following route- Hutatma Chowk, Ramdev Galli, Samadevi Galli, Ramling Khind, Hemu Kalani Chowk, Tahshildar Galli and will end at Kapelishwar.

The BCC has also made elaborate arrangements at Kapelishwar where 2 cranes have been installed for faster idol immersion.

People travelling to Belgaum tomorrow in the evening will need to take diversions from the regular route as traffic will be closed towards Bogarves and will be diverted as usual from Camp.

Tomorrow’s weather forecast by IMD-

Rainfall (mm) 27
Max Temperature ( deg C) 25
Min Temperature ( deg C) 21
Total cloud cover (octa) 8
Max Relative Humidity (%) 97
Min Relative Humidity (%) 96
Wind speed (kmph) 024
Wind direction (deg) 250

Labels: belgaum, ganesh, idol, immersion, news, police

Ganesh idols in pond, who cares for them now

4:32 PM Posted by ukmad

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The photos clicked by Vinod Chavan are self explanatory. Lots of Ganesh idols are seen in a small pond opposite to Barde petrol pump NH4 from Belgaum to Pune which is near the Indal factory. All the idols are seen facing the highway, which sort of appeal to the passing by public to see their state of affairs.

The use of Plaster of paris for making Ganesh idols has to be stopped as they don’t dissolve completely, now these idols are visible as the water in the pond has decreased and just look at the photos looks as if they were placed here only.

Thanks Vinod Chavan.

Labels: belgaum, environment, festival, ganesh, idols, not dissolve, vinod chavan

Belgaum turned into a fortress

10:13 AM Posted by ukmad

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Belgaum city has been turned into a virtual fortress with more than 3500 police officers guarding the city on the Ganesh Visarjan.

The Ganesh Visarjan procession is said to begin at 2 pm (might begin after 4pm) from Hutatama Chowk and reach Kapileshwar via Ramdev Galli, Samadevi Galli, Ramling Khind Galli & Tahshildar Galli.

The police are on high alert and about 100 hidden cameras have been installed to record the procession. The first Sarvajanik Ganesh idol of Sanyukta Maharashtra Chowk is already at Hutatma Chowk n the wee hours of the morning only. Others will join the procession during the day.
The procession is expected to finish by tomorrow morning. Two cranes have been installed at Kapileshwar for easy immersion of big idols.

Labels: belgaum, ganesh, visarjan

Ganesh decoration using FLEX in demand

5:47 PM Posted by ukmad

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The Ganesh Festival has begun since yesterday and all air filled with joy and vigor. The decoration for the Sarvajanik Mandals this time (347) has one noticeable factor of the use of FLEX (plastic same as those big hoardings) material for all decoration as background, pillars etc. Until last year FLEX was used to make only the mandals sign board. but this time a vast use of this has been seen all over by the mandals. Still as this is just the first day after the installation of the idols in the pandals, still the decoration is going on.
I will get you the most photos of the sarvajanik mandals in Belgaum, I wont be able to cover all the 347 but I should manage a few good ones for all of you.

Therefore, bookmark this post as the slideshow of the Ganesh darshan will be automatically updated daily. On the main page, also a small-scaled slide show will be published.

Labels: 2008, belgaum, darshan, festival, ganesh, ganpati

Share your Ganpati Bappa on Belgaumblog

10:22 PM Posted by ukmad

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Belgaumites, here is a nice chance to all of you to share your Ganpati Images with other Belgaumites. Now, how to do it?

Simple! Email your pictures to

belgaumbloguday.ganpati@picasaweb.com

Nothing is simple as this.

Your photos will automatically show up in the slide show on the blog. See it here. (http://belgaumblog.com/2008/09/share-your-gan…on-belgaumblogshare-your-ganpati-bappa-on-belgaumblog/)

So, say Ganpati Bappa Morya!

Note: Keep the image size to a maximum size of 4 by 6 inches and resolution of 72. It might take more than 5-10 minutes for your photos to come up on the slide show.

Do not write anything in the mailbox part. Your Captions are not visible right now. So in this case, I would request you to add your name on the photo itself by using a Photo Editor software like Photoshop or similar.