Action taken report in the form of affidavit on behalf of the District Magistrate and Collector, South 24 Parganas District dated February 22, 2025. The matter related to a newspaper report which appeared in the Hindu, January 15, 2024 titled "Rising sea, shrinking sands erode vibrancy of Ganga Sagar mela". …
The efforts to increase awareness about eco-friendly Ganesh puja seem to be failing. Tank Bund on Wednesday witnessed several thousands of devotees immersing idols ranging from small to giant sizes decorated with non-biodegradable products containing heavy metals like mercury and lead which are extremely dangerous to the ecosystem. Though a …
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) is the authority for preventing pollution of water bodies. In 2010, the board came up with an action plan suggesting a code of conduct for environment-friendly celebration of Ganesh festival. Even as the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and NGOs seem to be taking efforts …
MUMBAI: Mumbai is among the noisiest cities in the country, closely followed by Delhi, Chennai and Bangalore. Nearly all residents are impacted by adverse health effects of noise continuously, some without any apparent immediate effects and the majority with severe symptoms. In an endeavour to make the Ganesha festival noise-free, …
It has employed a laboratory from Chennai to test the water quality before and after the main immersion on Saturday With Vinayaga Chathurthi having been celebrated with pomp across the town, it is now time for the immersion of idols. Although many people have already completed the immersion of the …
If noise pollution has been giving you sleepless nights, now there is at least a way out to quantify it region-wise and put it online. For the first time, a page has been created on Facebook so that citizens can make a noise map of the place one lives. All …
A Division Bench of the AP High Court, comprising Chief Justice Kalyan Jyothi Sengupta and Justice K.C. Bhanu, on Tuesday made it clear that all materials left in the Hussainsagar lake during the Ganesh idol immersion shall be cleared within 24 hours. The Bench was disposing of a batch of …
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 have also come out with guidelines to help prevent water pollution. According to the guidelines, people have been advised to not use …
Hyderabad: With the city’s Ganesh associations targeting one lakh pandals this year, Hyderabad’s lakes are in grave danger. Last year 48,333 idols were immersed only in Hussainsagar, of which 29,391 (more than 60 per cent) had chemicals and metallic colours, while just 18,942 idols had natural and vegetable colours. To …
Kendriya Durga Puja Samity's (KDPS) initiative to transform the conventional synthetic idols in the puja pandals to organic ones is facing opposition from many. The idea, to persuade city-based idol makers to manufacture organic idols, is finding few takers. The high cost of the organic elements, which goes into the …
There has been no let-up in decibel levels in the past three years during Ganesh festival. While Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) plans to monitor decibel levels at 15-20 sites in the city, the police commissioner's office has had several meetings with Ganesh mandals to stress the need for an …
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has moved the Bombay High Court for permission to allow parking inside Shivaji Park on Ganpati immersion days, pleading its inability to make alternate arrangements. But Wecom Trust, on whose petition the HC on May 5, 2010, declared Shivaji Park a silence zone and …
New Delhi: In another proof that worsening air quality in Indian cities is affecting people’s health, a study has found that Indians have 30% lower lung function as compared to Europeans. Things could get worse if immediate steps are not taken to curb vehicular emission, doctors warned. The study was …
Study finds presence of unacceptable concentration of bacteria after festivities in Sorimuthu Ayyanar Temple. A study by a team of experts in the Tamirabharani upstream before and after ‘Aadi amaavaasai’ festival held at Sorimuthu Ayyanar Temple in the Kalakkad–Mundanthuri Tiger Reserve (KMTR) in the Western Ghats has revealed that uncontrolled …
The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) announced on Tuesday that it will continue to regulate plaster of paris (PoP) idols like last year. NMC has decided to start checking PoP idols from September 1. However, with only 13 days to go for Ganeshotsav, the civic body is yet to ensure registration …
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board has forbidden immersion of painted and baked idols in water bodies during Vinayaka Chathurthi. According to TNPCB release, only idols made of raw clay, and devoid of chemicals shall be used for worship and for safe immersion in water bodies. Further idols shall not …
Chandrapur Municipal Corporation (CMC) has banned the sale and use of plaster of Paris (PoP) idols during upcoming Ganesh festival. The civic body has cited the judgment of Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court on the ban of making PoP idols and use of chemical colours on idols, to announce …
The warning bells for the Ganesha festival has started ringing for the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB). In a workshop to advocate eco-friendly Ganesha festival, the board urged action from state government to create awareness for eco-friendly idols and celebrations to be made. The festival kicks off on September …
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has taken initiatives to set up around 250 temporary green toilets in various places in the city during Durga Puja this year. The Bustee Unayan Department in KMC has come up with this unique idea of setting up temporary green toilets in the important areas …
JABALPUR: Providing an interim relief, a division bench of MP high court on Friday served notices on the chief secretary of Madhya Pradesh, chairperson of MP Pollution Control Board among others in response to a PIL, which challenged the practice of immersing idols of deities in river Narmada as part …
