Updated On: 30 August, 2023 02:39 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
In a media statement, BEST said the lights will be used to illuminate 71 procession routes, 20 immersion sites and 39 artificial ponds across the city.

A group taking Ganesha idol for immersion /Pic/Satej Shinde
The Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport Undertaking (BEST) on Wednesday said that they will install over 2000 lights across Mumbai ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi. The lights will be used to illuminate 71 procession routes, 20 immersion sites and 39 artificial ponds across the city.
In a media statement, the undertaking said that the electricity supply department oversees the lighting plan for public procession route and immersion places during Ganesh Chaturthi as per a mandate by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).