Ganesh, Durga idols pollutants
Very cheap paints with high lead content are used in the idols of Ganesha and Durga which are immersed into tanks, rivers, lakes and even the seas contributing substantially the high lead content in
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Festivals of India
Eco friendly immersion of idols after Dura Puja, Chittaranjan Park, 52 Pocket, New Delhi
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Lax enforcement sinks Yamuna again
The government failed yet again to provide Delhiites with special enclosures for immersions this Dussehra and, consequently, the river was ravaged with hundreds of idols and tonnes of pooja samagri and flowers. Delhi Pollution Control Board had released a list of 13 spots where immersions could be carried out but people were seen flinging their puja packets from almost all bridges in the city.
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Defiling the sacred
How the environment sacred to Hindus is bearing the brunt of pollution in the name of religion
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Creek used for immersion of idols is highly polluted
Several Ganeshotsav mandals in Jogeshwari and Goregaon have been immersing idols of the elephant-headed deity in the creek behind Bangur Nagar, Mumbai, oblivious of the fact that effluents are
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Students approached to stop idol immersion
School and college students are being roped in to drive home the message of not immersing idols in water bodies. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) had recently asked Delhi Municipal
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PoP content in Ganesh idols decreasing: GSPCB
Water samples collected by the Goa state pollution control board (GSPCB) across the state, before and after Ganesh immersion, have indicated that there is no water pollution in rivers and water bodies
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Pollution keeps birds away from lake
Hussain Sagar Lake is no longer attracting the large number of migratory birds it used to. The pollution of the lake, owing largely to the immersion of idols, is keeping the birds away. The chemicals
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Post-immersion Ganga clean-up suit admitted
A vacation bench of Calcutta High Court on Monday accepted a petition that called for immediate measures to clean the Ganga following the immersion of idols after the Pujas. Clay, straw and other
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CM's tips on idol immersion
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu requested the people in general and organisers of the Ganesh nimakkanam in particular to immerse Ganesh idols as far as possible in all available
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Mumbaikars are unwilling to shift to eco-friendly idols
Despite numerous campaign about the ecological damage caused by immersing Ganpati idols in coastal wares, Mumbaikars aren't making the shift from awareness to action, environmentalists complain.
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Immersion adds 1540 ton soil in Upper Lake
The immersion of idols in the upper lake for years has increased glass wastes and soil in it to a great extent. Chemicals of various types were also reaching in the lake that were polluting the
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Pollution free immersion of 1000 Ganesh idols
In an unprecedented step towards a healthy and clean environment, residents of Anaravati town in Maharasthra responded to the district administration's appeal of immersing Ganesh idols in an
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Don't immerse idols in river, says CPCB chief
The Central Pollution Control Board has proposed that Durga puja organisers be persuaded not to immerse their idols of the goodess in the Yamuna.The CPCB is responsible for monitoring pollution
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HC asks TNPCB to evolve scientific method
The Madras High Court suggested to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to evolve a scientific method for immersion of idols of Lord Vinayaka made from plaster of paris, coloured and polished with
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Immersion's fine but what about pollution: Expert
The Mumbai city is constantly endangered by the threat of a growing environmental imbalance and the prevalent practice of immersing Ganesh idols in water is only adding to the city's already severe
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High Court admits PIL on water pollution
Mumbai High Court has admitted a PIL which prayed for a direction to Centre and Maharashtra government to ban immersion of idols of gods and goddesses in natural streams during religious festivals
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Pollution Control Board, forest department issue guidelines for Ganesha immersion
Concerned over water pollution during Ganesha festivals, the forest department and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) have urged people to use earthen Ganesha idol. Both the government departments
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'Keep Upper Lake pollution free'
Apart from Bhoj Wetland authorities, as many as 30 non-government organisations urged the people to spare the Upper Lake, the main source of drinking water and immerse idols at Prempura ghat,
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Ganesh immersion rakes up debate
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu sought cooperation of the people in checking pollution of Hussainsagar. He pointed out that the large scale immersion of Ganesh idols in the lake