Rajahmundry: To help make Ganesh Chaturthi celebration eco-friendly, state pollution control board authorities plan to give away as many as 1,900 clay Ganesh idols free in Godavari districts.

Last week the Bombay High Court refused to grant any relief to Thermocol Fabricator and Decoration Association, to allow the sale of thermocol for decoration, during the forthcoming Ganesh Festival

The state environment department (SED) is likely to allow the use of the thermocol decorations till the end of the 10-day Ganesh festival in September.

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to upgrade cemeteries across the city.

Meerut: Meerut-based NGO ‘Mansi Sanstha’ has filed a petition in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) seeking to stop the nine-day-long ongoing ‘mahayagya’ at Meerut’s Bhainsali ground here.

In a bid to curb pollution, a group in Meerut has decided to burn 50,000 kg of wood during Navratri, raising concerns whether the initiative would be a success.

A Hindu outfit, Shri Ayutchandi Mahayagna Samiti, is organising the event during which one crore offerings to fire will be made by priests, who have come from Varanasi and Vrindavan.