Ask chairman of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board, (KSPCB), Laxman about the open sale of PoP Ganesha idols in the city and he admits the sellers will want to clear their old stock, but claims the board is keen on stepping up enforcement of the ban this year.“I have PoP Ganesha idols worth Rs 500,000 in my warehouse. end-of Tags: ganesha, plaster of paris Location: India, Karnataka, Bengaluru. Published: Aug 25, China Quartet Lipstick tube Suppliers 2017, 6:35 am IST Updated: Aug 25, 2017, 6:36 am IST The police will, as always, be out in force around the water tanks, where the idols are taken in procession to be immersed.It’s PoP culture! Hopes of Green Ganesha sink (KSPCB) in 2014, the ban covers selling and manufacturing of the PoP idols, but going by the display of idols across the city, it is clearly not working.The board had given some leeway to idol manufacturers last year with a warning that Section 33 of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 would be strictly enforced in 2017. The police will, as always, be out in force around the water tanks, where the idols are taken in procession to be immersed.” One seller offered to sell PoP idols of different sizes for a price going up to Rs 32,000. “
Last year we were able to curb sale of PoP idols by 60 per cent, but this year we are hoping to enforce it 100 per cent with the help of civic authorities,” he stresses. Whether it will keep its word remains to be seen. This year mobile immersion tanks for the Ganesha idols will be available at 32 locations across the city to prevent the bigger water bodies from being polluted. Ask one of them if he is scared of the authorities raiding him and he says, “Nobody has raided us till now and no one will. We are selling the PoP idols because there is a huge demand for them. So we are continuing to sell them, especially as there is hardly any demand for clay idols,” says Mr Madan, an idol manufacturer in Pottery Town, where the PoP idols are openly displayed for public viewing. The scene is similar in Wilson Garden where PoP Ganesha idols are on display as usual as the manufacturers vie to attract buyers.It has, however, taken another step to prevent pollution of water bodies
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