Hyderabad: With the last Ganesh idol embedded in the water body opposite the city on Monday, The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) pressed forward with a cleaning operation on the war footing.
While cleaning operations have begun to follow the immersion of small idols on the third day of the celebration, the civil body intensified efforts on Monday according to the petition submitted in the Supreme Court.
Overall 83,191 Ganesh Ided sinks in the baby and lake pools in the city have been removed so far.
Of these, 60,097 was embedded in a baby pool and 23,094 idols set on the lake were successfully deleted.
The Civic’s body wiped a total of 10091,923 metric tons of waste waste after soaking Ganesh, officials said.
The last of the Ganesh idol made their way to Hussainsagar on Monday “we had machines deployed and more than 1,200 staff in all six zones to remove debris and clean the lake and the immersion pool within the limits of GHM.
The highest number of staff was deployed The Khairatabad zone remembers the large waves of people and soaking processes that come to HussainSagar and soaking pools around it from various parts of the city, “said Dr.
A Rambabu, Head of Entomology, GHMC.
The GHMC petition was submitted at the Supreme Court after the TELANGANA High Court prohibited the Ganesh idol immersion made of Paris (POP) plaster on the lake.
“The direction issued by the High Court will now lead to large public anger and also lead to administrative difficulties.
The GHMC will ban soars of pop idols from next year given the guidelines issued by the Central Polution Control Board.
However, for this year GHMC is looking for exceptions , “said the GHMC petition, which was submitted through Venkat Reddy Advocate.
City corporate petition has stated that pop idols that are immersed in HussainSagar and other lakes in the city will be removed within 24 hours of immersion and transported to a solid waste disposal site.