Nagpur: Like Ganesh Idola, Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) has decided to ban the idol immersion of durga in the water body.
Idols can be embedded in artificial tanks along Lake Sonegaon and Gandhisagar, confirming the Nodal officer of the solid waste management from Gajendra Mahalle.
Green activists feel that only providing two artificial tanks will prove to be inadequate to promote environmentally friendly immersion.
Like the Ganesh idol, the NMC has limited the altitude of the sarvjanic durga idol to 4 feet temporarily for the house 2 feet.
However, the organizer said that the NMC had issued a notice when they had started preparation.
Many mandals have installed more than four high idol feet.
Dr.
Mahalle said that NMC had issued a notification of altitude restrictions and other DOS and not for Navratri nine days celebrations only two days ago in 5.
October, the Civic body is awaiting the state government notices in this matter.
“The government issued an order only on 4.
October, the Civic body was delayed to issue orders,” another senior official said.
In the route Ganeshotsav, NMC has also forbidden cultural events including dandiya and other cultural events and instead appeal to the mandal to carry out health related activities such as blood donor camps etc.
In short, it must be made for Darshan Dewi through a cable network, the website and social networking site, the Civic body has said.
DR Mahalle said that two artificial tanks would be enough to immerse around 1,000 idols.
He also showed that the city of Nagpur City had gave permission to 465 mandals to install idols.
Sources said that as the height of most idols would be more than four feet, it would be the task of Herculean for NMC to ensure soaking only.
Environmental activists also have the same view.
Ending separate strategies for Idol Dewi Immersion, green activist and founder of the Green Vigil Foundation Kaustav Chatterjee, “in the case of Ganesh Idols, 80% came from home, which can sink into artificial tanks.
In the case of Devi soaking, most mandal idols height 4 Feet, if not more.
Therefore, we need a large artificial tank.
“While the steel tank will not be able to take the burden of water columns plus heavy idols.
Many such tanks began to leak after soaking the idols of small ganesh.
“We need a larger artificial tank than the RCC structure, but at this time there are only two.
If all the lakes are barred, soaking Goddess Idol will be a challenge,” Chatterjee said.