Vasai MLA Sneha Dubey Pandit has said that local legislators have requested the Vasai-Virar civic authorities to permit the celebration of the Chhath Puja festival at natural water bodies in an environmentally responsible manner.

The festival, which falls on October 27 and 28 this year, involves devotees offering water from natural sources to the Sun. However, people are concerned that the civic body may impose restrictions, Pandit said in a statement on Friday.