This year, Mans will keep an eye on what efforts are being made for eco-friendly immersion and make a film on it.
The Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmulan Samiti (Mans) has criticised the alleged half-hearted efforts of the civic administration in the matter of eco-friendly immersion of Ganesh idols, alleging that the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) is flouting government
orders on immersion.
This year, Mans will keep an eye on what efforts are being made for eco-friendly immersion and make a film on it. The NGO is keen that the idols be immersed in tanks rather than in the rivers and that only clay idols should be allowed to be sold.
Over the last 5 years, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has been issuing instructions about the use of natural colours and clay for making Ganesh idols and about avoiding pollution of water bodies while immersing the idols.
“But the system to implement this is not in existence,” said Mans founder Narendra Dabholkar in a press statement. “There is no serious effort to ensure that people purchase only clay idols made
by using natural colours and to avoid pollution of river during
immersion.
“The government orders states that a coordination committee should be formed to ensure that instructions about eco-friendly Ganeshotsav are followed. Our members will meet chief minister Prithviraj Chavan to urge him to ban the use of artificial colours on Ganesh idols,’’ he said.
Stating that some religious organisations try to dissuade people from immersing idols in artificial tanks made by the PMC, he said the civic body needs to stop such endeavours.
He said video recording will be done by Mans to make a film on what is being done to implement the measures about eco-friendly Ganeshotsav. “The film will be shown to the government and the Supreme Court in order to ensure better implementation from next year,’’ said Dabholkar.
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