<h1>Durga Puja pandals with Rs 150 crore spend raise legal questions on permits, safety, crowd control, environment, and IP</h1> Organizers have erected approximately 160 Durga Puja pandals in Ranchi with reported aggregate spending around Rs 150 crore; individual pandal budgets range from several tens of lakhs to about Rs 1 crore. Legal issues potentially implicated include compliance with municipal permits, fire and structural safety codes for large temporary structures, crowd-management and traffic regulations, and environmental and waste-disposal obligations. Thematic reproductions of religious and heritage sites and a display referencing a real attack could raise considerations under laws on public order, communal harmony, and intellectual property or image rights depending on depiction and attribution.