Reward for making eco-friendly Ganesh idols

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD, SEPT. 6. The city Police Commissioner, Mr. P. Ramulu, has announced a reward of Rs. 50,000 for anyone who designs or uses eco-friendly material like hay pulp for preparing Ganesh idols.

The Commissioner observed that it would be of great help to Ganesh idol makers if such an eco-friendly model of Ganesh idol was designed within three months from now so as to emulate the same for the next Ganesh festival, according to a press release. This would help bring harmony between the environmental compulsions and religious sentiments, he said.

With the immersion of more than 10,000 Ganesh idols in Hussainsagar every year, of late, a difference of opinion had developed between devotees and environmentalists. While devotees are firm on immersing the idols in Hussainsagar, environmentalists are opposing in view of the pollution being suffered by the lake as a result of immersion.

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