दुर्गा पूजा समारोह में शामिल होने वाले श्रद्धालुओं को पर्यावरण संरक्षण का संदेश देन की पूरी तैयारी चल रही है। पांडाल पर्यावरण अनुकूल सामग्री से बनाए जा रहे हैं। कई जगह प्रसाद देने के लिए जूट के वि

The Karbi Anglong hills district administration keeping an eye on the upcoming Durga Puja here has geared up for celebrating an eco–friendly Durga Puja this year with the Pollution Control Board of Assam (PCBA) laying out the green and smooth guidelines.

A meeting was held at the Conference Hall of the Kheroni police station today at 12–10 pm here with presidents and secretaries of puja committees of the Kheroni and its adjoin areas, where the Officer In–charge, Badan Chandra Das said the administration will strictly enforce the Board’s guidelines and asked the committees to promote idols made of natural materials.

The Pollution Control Board Assam (PCBA) has issued guidelines for celebration of Durga Puja in an eco-friendly manner.

The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) seems to have paid hardly any attention to the Orissa State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) guidelines on immersion of Ganesha idols.

A day after Ganesha visarjan, there was a pleasant surprise for environment activists as well as civic authorities.

Unlike previous years, when the sight of hundreds of idols were scattered in Tapi pained the devotees and caused pollution, the riverbed this year was much cleaner. Authorities said a vast majority of people this year have refrained from immersing idols made from plaster of paris (PoP) in Tapi.

It has employed a laboratory from Chennai to test the water quality before and after the main immersion on Saturday

With Vinayaga Chathurthi having been celebrated with pomp across the town, it is now time for the immersion of idols. Although many people have already completed the immersion of the Ganesha idols, for the rest, there is an advisory from the Puducherry Pollution Control Committee (PPCC) on the various conditions that need to be observed before immersing the idols.

As people have struggled to come to terms with the scale of devastation and loss of lives in the flash floods last month, a number of faith-based explanations have taken root in this land fertile with legend and lore.

The Garhwal Himalayas have a disproportionate share of spirituality and mysticism-it is home of the holiest shrines of Hinduism and the ancient Char Dham pilgrimage, the Hemkund Sahib shrine worshipped by the Sikhs and two holy rivers revered across the North Indian plains and beyond.

Do we not know the magnitude of the havoc rains wreak across India season after season? So why are we behaving like we were dealing with something alien and unpredictable?