Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) collected over 706 tonnes of waste after the Ganesh visarjan procession, including 1.6 tonnes of footwear.
Heavy rain delayed the immediate post-procession clean-up, leaving many areas muddy and unclean.
Around 3,000 civic workers were deployed, with large-scale cleaning carried out across major city roads and processional routes.
Pune, 9th September 2025: The Ganesh visarjan procession this year left behind a massive trail of waste across Pune’s main procession routes. According to the Pune Municipal Corporation, more than 706 tonnes of garbage were collected, including 1.6 tonnes of discarded footwear, food wrappers, plastic bottles, and decoration material.
The clean-up faced delays after heavy rainfall turned the coloured powder, gulal, and turmeric into mud, mixing with the garbage and making removal difficult. Normally, roads are cleaned immediately after the procession, but this year the rain forced the civic body to halt operations for nearly a day.
Once the weather cleared, PMC launched an overnight and day-long drive on Sunday and Monday. Teams washed muddy roads with water tankers and cleared heaps of trash from Lakshmi Road, Shivaji Road, Bajirao Road, Tilak Road, Shastri Road, Deccan Gymkhana, and other key stretches.
In total, around 3,000 sanitation workers were deployed, with nearly half working overnight until 2 a.m. to restore cleanliness in the city centre. The collected waste included 420 tonnes of wet garbage, 286 tonnes of dry waste, and 30 tonnes of decoration material.
Although the PMC declared that the city has largely been cleaned, residents reported that many areas, particularly in the suburbs, still need deep cleaning.