After Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray's address on celebrating Ganeshotsav with zest, and warning authorities to not reject applications for construction of pandals, the Sena-run Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is now finding it difficult to even take action against those constructing pandals without permissions.

Also, with the BMC accepting applications manually, even after making the process online, it has made the whole thing smoother for Ganesh mandals, which are now confident of securing all required permissions. While last Saturday, Municipal Commissioner Ajoy Mehta had instructed his officials to reject applications that did not adhere to HC orders, Uddhav said they would hold maha aartis on the streets if permissions were not granted.