Immersion of the idols of Lord Ganesh after nine days of festivities has yielded waste material of elephantine proportions from the Hussainsagar Lake, costing the exchequer a bomb for its retrieval and transportation. The Hyderabad Metropolitan Development Authority, in charge of the lake’s cleanup, has removed a whopping 6,226 metric tonnes of the garbage from the water body during the …
HYDERABAD: Approximately 40, 000 Ganesh idols of various hues and dimensions are set to be taken out in a procession before being immersed at Hussainsagar lake here on Thursday. Meanwhile, police officials, who made all arrangements for the immersion, were tightlipped about implementation of the High Court directions with regard to immersion of Plaster of Paris idols in Hussainsagar lake. …
