The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has declared environment-friendly Lord Ganesh idols will be compulsory for household Ganeshotsav from this year.
The announcement comes after the instructions by the Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and directions of the Supreme Court.
In order to reduce the polluting elements of Plaster of Paris (PoP) used to make idols, CM Shinde announced a committee under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary.
The committee will comprise of the principal secretaries of water resources, rural development, environment, urban development, law and justice as members and the member secretary of the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board as member secretary of the committee.
Apart from this, representative of IIT Bombay, representative of NEERI and Dr. Sharad Kale, Dr. Ajay Deshpande will be taken as technical experts in this committee. The committee will study and submit its report to the government.
In addition to this, CM also directed the civic body chief Iqbal Singh Chahal as well as other BMC officials to provide easy space and window to the clay idol makers without any hindrance so that they do not have to crowd many places for permits etc.
The civic body has also decided to waive off the fee and deposits of public Ganeshotsav Mandals. The earlier years’ deposits under Public Ganeshotsav Mandals will be refunded in the next 7 days.
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