Maharashtra sarkar ne Eid-e-Milad ki chhutti ko Mumbai district mein 16 September se badhakar 18 September kar diya hai. Yeh faisla local Muslim community ke request par kiya gaya, jo Anant Chaturdashi ke din Ganesh Chaturthi ke aakhri din ke sath takraav se bachne ke liye tha. Anant Chaturdashi 17 September ko pad raha hai, jo Ganpati Visarjan ka din hota hai, jab Mumbai mein bade paimaane par bheed jama hoti hai.
Maharashtra sarkar ke Sarkari statement ke According,
Muslim community ne swachhik taur par apne Eid-e-Milad ke julus ko 18 September tak badhane ka faisla liya, taaki dono festivals ke dauran koi vyavasthapan samasya na aaye. Ganpati Visarjan ka event Mumbai ke sabse bade events mein se ek hota hai.
Byculla mein Khilafat House, jo Muslim community ko represent karta hai, ne is parivartan ka prastaav diya, jo Maharashtra sarkar ne manzoor kar liya. Maharashtra Congress ke neta Naseem Khan ne Chief Minister Eknath Shinde ko likha, unse 18 September ko Eid-e-Milad ka official holiday declare karne ka nivedan kiya, jo community ke faisle ke sath mail khata hai.
“Anant Chaturdashi 17 September ko aa raha hai, aur Muslim samudaay ke members ne 18 September ko Eid-e-Milad ke julus nikalne ka faisla kiya, taaki dono festivals ko shaan aur dhum-dhaam ke sath manaaya ja sake,” Khan ne apne patr mein Chief Minister ko likha.
Eid-e-Milad, jo Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) ke janm ka din manata hai, aam taur per 16 September ko manayi jaati hai, chandrama ki dikhai par depend karta hai. Lekin, is saal doosri baar, Mumbai ki Muslim community ne voluntarily apne julus ko reschedule karne ka faisla kiya hai, taaki sabhi ke liye shanti aur samuhik utsav ho sake.
“Jaise pichle saal, iss saal bhi Muslim community ne ekta aur sambhaavna ka pradarshan kiya, apni dharmik gatividhiyon ko adjust karke Ganpati Visarjan ke prakriya ko bina kisi rukawat ke poora karne ka marg diya,” DCP (Zone 1) Pankaj Dahane ne kaha.
Maharashtra ke dusre district ke district collectors ko bhi yeh chhutti adjust karne ki chhoot di gayi hai, local sthitiyon aur vyavasthapan concerns ke aadhar par.
Dusri taraf, Navi Mumbai mein bhi Eid-e-Milad ka julus, jo turbhe se shuru hoke Vashi aur Koparkhairane ke raste se Ghansoli Dargah par khatam hota hai, 18 September ko hi nikaala jayega.
Iske saath hi, Ganpati Visarjan ke dauran bheed ko sambhalne ke liye Central Railway ne 14 se 18 September tak 22 additional suburban train services announce ki hain. Inmein se 20 services main line par chalengi, jabki 2 harbor line par, taaki hazaaron bhakton ke safar ko suvidha janak banaya ja sake, jo Visarjan mein hissa lene wale hain.
