In glaring violation of repeated directions and orders by the High Court and the Supreme Court since last year, no efforts were seen by the authorities at Ganesh idol immersion sites to differentiate between clay idols and those made of Plaster of Paris, nor to redirect them to the spots as designated.
The Telangana High Court and the Supreme Court issued directions last year, proscribing the immersion of PoP idols in the Hussainsagar or any other water body citing pollution. In a recent order in July this year, the High Court repeated the same with respect to another petition.
In fact, a predominantly large number of idols made a beeline to the Hussainsagar and Saroornagar lake, as was the norm during previous years, notwithstanding the fact that GHMC had created 74 artificial ponds specifically for immersion of idols.
