In compliance of Hon’ble Monitoring Committee constituted by Hon’ble NGT in the matter of O.A. 06 of 2012 in the matter of Manoj Mishra Vs Union of India & Ors held on 12.10.2018, CPCB conducted water
The tradition of immersing idols may soon be ripped off puja celebrations with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) taking cognizance of an application by environment activist Subhas Datta, seeking a ban on this ‘method’. Datta refuses to call idol immersion a ‘ritual’. In his application, the activist claimed that the ‘ritual part of immersion’ is completed at the place of worship itself. According to him, immersion processions and the ‘throwing’ of idols into rivers have now become superfluous, gorgeous, colourful, competitive and polluting, which aren’t backed by religious necessity.
Despite all the hue and cry about eco-friendly idol immersions, especially during the last two years, the people and municipal corporation have failed to save their lakes. The dissolved oxygen (DO) levels
Even as Durga Puja brings with it happiness, joy and celebrations, it also causes great environmental concerns to the enlightened citizens of the city as immersion of hundreds of idols in the Ganga does
People who gathered on the Yamuna banks for idol immersion were pleasantly surprised by a cleaner river. The white foam caused by industrial effluents was nowhere to be seen. However, by the time the v
Durga Puja concluded on Monday with samitis across NCR immersing their idols in the Yamuna. However, in one neighbourhood – Pocket 52 of Chittaranjan Park – no one stirred out of the pandal to board trucks
Allahabad High Court relaxed the ban on immersion of Goddess Durga idols only for this year in the rivers Ganga and Yamuna and permitted the district administration to carry out programme of routes for immersion of idols for different Barwaries and ensure that immersion may take place at new site as well as at old site. Read text of the court order dated 12 Oct 2013.
मूर्ति विसर्जन से यमुना में होने वाले प्रदूषण को लेकर सरकार कभी भी सचेत नहीं रही। यहां तक कि सरकार ने उच्च न्यायालय व सर्वोच्च न्यायालय के आदेशों का भी पालन नहीं किया। अदालतों के गुस्से से बचने के लिए
Allahabad High Court refused to relax the ban on immersion of Goddess Durga idols in the rivers Ganga and Yamuna. Read text of this court order issued on 11 October 2013. http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/admin/content
Various puja committees in the industrial town have erected eco-friendly mandaps, with an aim to send the message of saving greenery. Preparations for the nine-day festival, which began from Oct 5, are in full swing. Artists from Kolkata, Bihar have come to the city to give finishing touches to the idols.
Beware! Goddess durga is watching you cutting the trees and exploiting the women. She epitomizes mother and every time you indulge in harassing mother earth (environment) and women, she emerges to warn
