The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has once again exposed its reckless planning by issuing a ₹14.40 lakh tender for an artificial Ganesh immersion tank after the festival is already over. The tender, released under DPDC works, will open on September 12—a full week after the September 6 visarjan. By then, the facility will serve absolutely no purpose.
The contract specifies “easy setup water pools with ladder, ground carpet and cover” in two sizes: 18 ft x 9 ft x 52 inches and 21 ft x 9 ft x 52 inches. With a one-month completion timeline, the tank will not even exist during the actual immersion period. It is a classic example of a project designed to waste public money under the guise of religious necessity.
Officials have tried to defend the tender by citing “Hadpakya” or “Maskari” Ganpati immersions. But this is a hollow excuse. Such idols are almost extinct, confined to a handful of pandals, and nowhere near enough to justify spending lakhs of rupees.
Adding insult to injury, NMC already operates permanent immersion tanks at Gorewada and Panchpaoli, which are functional and sufficient for the reduced visarjan demand. Instead of utilizing existing infrastructure, the civic body has chosen to blow money on a redundant structure that will stand as a monument to incompetence and mismanagement.
At a time when Nagpur battles potholes, overflowing drains, garbage mismanagement, and cash shortages, this tender is not just poorly timed — it is indefensible, irresponsible, and an insult to taxpayers.
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