Tomorrow, the city marks visarjan and Mumbai is already in full immersion mode. We will see roads clogged with devotees, looking to pay their last respects to Ganeshji. At the same time, mandals and pandal volunteers will be accompanying the idols to different water bodies. With all the activity on the Grand Trunk Road of Mumbai, safety has to be paramount.

Lifeguards and visarjan experts will be at our beaches as the beloved God is taken to the waters. We need all to heed instructions, stay out of deep waters when advised.  Respect rules when in the water and selfie-seekers need to be extremely careful,  Drowning, unfortunately, seems to have become part of the occupational hazards of immersion day. We need to work to change that narrative.