Rivers and idol immersions: Stop the pollution

From Lucknow we have ugly images of the Gomti river choking on countless Ganesha idols, built with PoP that takes years to decompose, plus paints heavy with lead and mercury that also hurt the river and all life in it. In Ahmedabad wholesale immersions have managed to change the colour of the Sabarmati. Nagpur’s Futala Lake is looking much the worse. In Mumbai thousands of dead turtles and fishes have washed ashore on Dadar and Juhu beaches. In Delhi the Ganesh Chaturthi festival has left the Yamuna foaming toxically.