People may avoid migrating if they cannot insure themselves against the risk of a bad outcome. Governments can reduce the consumption risk faced by migrants by allowing them to access social protection programs in the destination. This study randomly informed around 62,000 households across 18 Indian states about a new …
BHOPAL: They are innovative and refuse to use tried and tested material for making idols. If some are making idols with marble and match sticks, others are trying to do so with grains or pulses. The more enterprising among them are using tailoring material. There are a clutch of such …
Mumbai: Ganpati pandals often seem to be the conscience keepers of society given that they focus on topical causes apart from entertainment. This year the plight of farmers in drought-affected regions of the state is a recurrent theme in several prominent pandals. Tejukaya Compound in Lalbaug has repeatedly shed light …
Raising concerns over the environment, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people to avoid using Ganesha idols made of Plaster of Paris (POP) during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival. Modi suggested that instead of POP idols, which after immersion cause damage to the aquatic life and environment, people should use …
Kolhapur:Police have decided to take stern action against Ganesh mandals using high-decibel sound systems to ensure a low-decibel festival this time. According to police officials, this will help in ensuring that no mandal uses such systems and that no owner of these systems will rent it to the mandals. Police …
Kolhapur: Vishwas Nangre-Patil, special inspector general of Kolhapur range, has said the Ganesh mandals can celebrate the upcoming festival with enthusiasm but urged them to stay away from high-decibel sound systems. He was speaking at a congregation of Ganesh mandals in the city held to discuss peaceful celebration of the …
PUNE: From blaring music systems from their speaker-woofer systems to the traditional dhol-tasha troupes, the last day of Ganeshotsav is not for the faint-hearted. With decibel levels crossing permissible limits every year, experts believe that not only can the noise impair hearing, but also lead to psychological problems. The main …
KOLHAPUR: City police are not taking Ganesh mandals' word on curbing noise pollution. Cops have decided to meet major Ganesh mandals to convince them to keep the sound levels in check during the upcoming festival. While Ganesh mandals have assured the police of keeping the festival celebrations under control, senior …
Kolhapur: Activists have demanded better preparation from the administration for the Ganesh immersion immersion rally this year. Last year's rally was riddled with the sudden collapse of buildings, deaths and clashes between the police and mandal workers. Most Ganesh mandals are politically well connected providing them immunity from police action. …
You may get to enjoy comparatively lesser noise during the forthcoming festivals. The Bombay High Court has asked the state government to strictly implement the noise pollution rules and has held that loudspeakers and public address systems will not be allowed between 10pm and 6am, except on certain days marked …
Court tells govt to educate students on noise rules to effectively deal with pollution The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the civic body to not allow pandals and mandaps on roads and footpaths as they disturb traffic flow and cause inconvenience to citizens. The order assumes significance in view …
Aurangabad: Showing the way to an eco-friendly Ganesh festival, students from Udhyan Shalini Fellowship School have pledged to install only clay idols at their homes. The students took the pledge while participating in an awareness campaign organised by Deepshikha Foundation, an NGO which works for environmental causes in the city, …
Police have already started initiating measures to ensure that the Ganesh festival will be celebrated without violating noise level norms. With the festival a month away, orders have been issued to all the police stations in the district to convene meetings of Ganesh mandal members and undertaking a written statement …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone Bench, Chennai) in the matter of R Janakiraman Vs Department of Environment and Forest Chennai & Others dated 05/08/2016. This application is filed by the applicant seeking a direction against the respondents to ban immersion of idols containing Plaster of Paris (PoP) …
Goa Government today said it would form flying squads and keep an eagle eye on the state's borders to stop Plaster of Paris Ganesh idols from coming into the state for sale ahead of the Ganesh festival next month. "The ban on PoP idols in the state would be strictly …
Panaji: Regulars attending religious services in Tropa, Siolim, have said that it is the fundamental right of every citizen to follow any religion of their choice and no other organization can enforce their beliefs on others. Devotees of the Five Pillars Church contended that vested interests were out to disrupt …
Ever thought about the quality of food your revered shrine is serving? Well, the country’s apex food regulator is thinking about that on your behalf. For the first time in the history of India’s food safety movement, efforts are afoot to see that food and prasad served by temples, gurdwaras, …
They have been allowed to be impleaded in the matter in which the panel is examining the issue of damage to the flood plains of the river allegedly caused due to the holding of cultural extravaganza by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's Art of Living (AOL) in March this year. The …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Pramode Chugh Vs. State of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 15/07/2016 regarding use of electronic crematorium to protect the depleting green cover with especially Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur & Gwalior. Counsel for the Bhopal Municipal Corporation submitted …
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad High Court on Monday asked the Bhagyanagar Ganesh Utsav Samiti and the state government to take steps to ensure that only upto 15-foot-tall Ganesh Idols are installed at pandals this year. A division bench comprising acting Chief Justice Dilip B. Bhosale and Justice P. Naveen Rao, while …
The state government informed the Bombay High Court on Monday that this year, all police stations in Maharashtra will be equipped with decibel meters to keep a check on Ganpati pandals flouting noise pollution rules. Government pleader Abhinandan Vagyani told the court that an order to procure 1,843 decibel meters …
