Ganesh pandals to lower decibels
Vadodara: The Ganesh pandal organizers have agreed to keep the decibel levels low this festive season. Senior police officials had on Thursday held a meeting with the organizers to discuss and resolve
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Times Green Ganesha flags off eco-friendly celebrations
The eighth edition of Times Green Ganesha campaign began with a function at Lala Lajpatrai College in Mahalaxmi, in Mumbai. Minister of state for environment Sachin Ahir, actor director Prabhu Deva, Medha
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Pollution board ready for eco-friendly fest
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) will for the first time keep a watch on the noise levels at major junctions in the city on the first day of the Ganapati festival that begins on Friday.
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Legal notice to MPCB to check noise pollution
NAGPUR: A group of socio-legal advocates of the state has issued legal notice to all regional offices of Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) regarding monitoring and vigilance and maintaining report
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Campaign to cut down on noise pollution
One need not put up with unbearably high noise during the upcoming Ganeshotsav or for that matter any religious festival. A group of socio-legal lawyers has issued legal notices to all regional offices
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Greens step up campaign as Ganesh festival draws close
Aim is to check pollution by promoting use of clay idols With a number of associations coming together to flag off a green movement this Vinayaka Chaturthi, the city has been witnessing a series of
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Organisers, artisans for eco-friendly Ganesh idol this time
Every year over 500 idols of Lord Ganesh in and around Jajpur district are immersed in the rivers and streams after the Puja is over. And that raises the environmental concerns after all the fun and frolics
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Eco-friendly decorations this Ganeshotsav
With just a few days to go for the Ganesh festival, many citizens are not planning to have eco-friendly idols but also opting for plastic-free decorations. Gauging the public mood, the shopkeepers have
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Residents take eco-friendly route, craft idols out of clay
Thane: Around 80 people, aged between 5 and 77 years, are learning to make their own eco-friendly Ganesh idols out of clay at a workshop organized by Thane's Visual Art Academy with the help of NGO, Prerana
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PCB promoting ‘Green Ganesha’
In its bid to promote environment-friendly Ganesha idols, the Telangana Pollution Control Board will install clay Ganesha models across Telangana region. On the occasion of Ganesha Chaturthi, the board
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PoP idols, chemical hues banned in Indore
To preserve water and environment from getting polluted due to immersion of idols during festive season, district administration has decided to put blanket ban on idols of plaster of Paris (POP) and chemical