Over 2 lakh Ganesh idols have been immersed in notified lakes and mobile tankers deployed by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) so far. The civic body has put the figure at 2,05,702 idols as of Thursday.
BBMP data shared on Friday shows that 1.91 lakh were earthen idols and 13,733 were made of Plaster of Paris (POP), despite a ban on such idols.
For this year’s festival, the BBMP had created artificial tanks at 35 lakes in the city and 150 mobile tanks for the immersion of idols, across all eight zones and BBMP wards.
