Hyderabad:"Let us make clay Ganesha idols and conduct pooja for clay Ganesh idols at home and in our residential areas. Use clay from retention tanks and make clay idols and immerse them back in the retention tanks," said Telangana Chief Secretary A. Santhi Kumari while releasing a Telangana Pollution Control Board's (TGPCB) campaign poster on Clay Ganesh Idols on Wednesday at the Secretariat. She urged people to compost the flowers and herbs that are used in puja and not immerse non-biodegradable material into water bodies.
In connection with Ganesh Chaturthi 2024, TGPCB is taking up several environmental awareness activities for the promotion of clay Ganesh idols such as conducting workshops on making clay idols for school and college students, displaying billboards on the bus stop hoardings, displaying posters on autos, conducting awareness campaign on radio and kalajathas in public places on clay Ganesh Idols and procurement and distribution of 1,20,000 clay idols in GHMC area and 1,20,000 idols in 32 districts. Principal secretary of environment Ahmed Nadeem, TGPCB member secretary G. Ravi and TGPCB chief engineer B. Raghu were present at the event.
