Karimnagar, Aug. 18 -- Karimnagar Municipal Corporation will provide free electricity to all Vinayaka pandals within its limits during the Ganesh festival, union Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar announced on Tuesday.
He said the Corporation would bear the electricity bills and appealed to devotees to celebrate the festival in a peaceful and devotional atmosphere.
Around 2,000 Ganesh pandals are reportedly set up every year in Karimnagar. Bandi Sanjay said he had personally borne their electricity expenses for the past three years. With the BJP now holding the Mayor's post, the Corporation has decided to take responsibility for the expenditure.
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