Bangalore ensures eco-friendly immersion
Unlike in the past, the civic agencies in Bangalore this time ensured eco-friendly way of immersing the idols of Ganesh on the occasion of the annual Ganesh Chaturthi festival. In a novel move,
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Toxins swamp festive waters
One man’s celebration is another man’s poison in revelling Ranchi. The level of pollution in water bodies across the capital has shot up dangerously following immersion of idols — many of them made of
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1,500 eco-friendly immersions at Parle
Every year when she bid adieu to the elephant-headed god at Juhu beach, collegian Amita Sawant would guiltily look over her shoulder at the remnants of the idols, decorations and flowers getting washed
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Hussainsagar was choked on September 29
Hussainsagar suffered a condition called hypoxia on September 29! Sources said that analysis of samples drawn from the lake by the State Pollution Control Board to study the effect of immersing Ganesh idols in the lake on September 29 revealed that the dissolved oxygen (DO) count (the amount of oxygen dissolved in a water body) was less than 1 mg/litre. It should ideally be more than 10mg/litre to sustain marine life, but the Hussainsagar has always had much less, around 4 mg/litre.
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HC rejects plea to ban immersion of idols in water bodies
Ahmedabad: Gujarat High Court has rejected a PIL seeking directions to authorities to prevent people from immersing idols in water bodies during religious festivities so as to avoid water pollution.
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HC orders Andhra Govt to ban idol immersions in Hussain Sagar
A division bench of Andhra Pradesh High Court on Thursday categorically ordered the State Government not to allow immersion of Ganesh idols in the Hussain Sagar lake of Hyderabad on the occasion of
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Pollution panel’s guidelines irk divotees
As devotees across the country celebrate Durga Puja, the process of immersion of the idols has run into controversy with the Central Pollution Control Board issuing some contentious guidelines
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Move to check pollution post-immersion
KOLKATA, 29 SEPT: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will examine the pollution level of the Hooghly river after the immersion of the idols of the goddess Durga, member, mayor-in-council (parks and
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Yamuna enclosures: Court rap on govt
The Delhi high court on Tuesday warned civic authorities it would summon the city’s environment secretary if its directions on construction of special permanent enclosures on the Yamuna bank are not taken
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Fish kill in Kalkere pond
Thousands of fish perished on Monday at Kalkere Kalyani (pond) in Ramamurthy Nagar ward due to high level of water contamination. Dumping of drums containing hydrophilic softener — used in the textile industry — into the lake is said to have contaminated the water. The drums were earlier kept on the bank of the lake. However, they were dumped into the lake during the immersion of Ganesha idols in the pond.
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Pollution runs deep in Hussainsagar
It is obvious that the surface waters of the Hussainsagar are polluted, but according to a study, the pollution extends to the depths of the historic lake, poisoning aquatic life and birds. The immersion of Ganesh idols only makes a bad situation worse.
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List of places for idol immersion
The Madras High Court has asked the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to file a memo by Thursday, detailing the places it has chosen or identified in districts for the immersion of Vinayaka idols. A
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PCB to monitor pollution
With immersion of Durga idols over, the West Bengal Pollution Control Board will step in to monitor pollution level at all the city ghats and those in the suburbs.A senior official of state PCB said:
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Contempt of court notices over enclosures along the Yamuna
The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued contempt of court notices to the Delhi Government, the Delhi Development Authority and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi asking them to explain why contempt proceedings
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Sahyog initiative to save city's lakes
Sahyog a voluntary organisation is holding a consultation on the conservation of Bhopal lakes, with special emphasis on the immersion of idols and tazias in the Upper Lake. Representatives of
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Who will save the fish?
Fish deaths in Gujarat s lakes point at acute negligence
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Nature pays price of visarjan'
Murti Visarjans have a more unsettling reality. The chemical composition of the idol leaves the ecology a a lot poorer. On the final day of Ganpati immersions in Mumbai, over 31,200 small idols and
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Eco-friendly Vinayaka idols for this Chathurthi
Following complaints from environmentists that mass-immersion of Vinayaka idols in rivers could create widespread pollution, the Hindu, Munnani has started making eco-friendly idols, with paper mache
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No guidelines in capital for idol immersion
As the national capital gears up for the annual Durga Puja the Yamuna river seems all set for another invasion of toxins when idols of the goddess will be immersed in its already polluted water.
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Clean up your coast this Saturday, join global movement
After Anant Chaturdashi, Mumbai's beaches and water bodies will be a part of the International Coastal Cleanup (ICC), which involves compiling records of debris thrown across the coastline following the immersion of idols. ICC is a global movement where volunteers clean up trash and submit records to the Ocean Conservancy, Washington, an international organisation that compiles and then conduct