visarjan

PALGHAR: A 74-year-old woman named Jayanti Mhatre died due to electric shock after she came in contact with an electrict poll during Ganpati Visarjan procession in Nalla Sopara area in Palghar district. The incident unfolded as Mhatre ventured outside her residence on Thursday evening to witness the visarjan procession.She accidentally came in contact with an electric pole and lost consciousness. She...

MUMBAI: As the 10-day-long Ganeshotsav concluded on Thursday, thousands of idols of the elephant-headed god were immersed in various water bodies, including artificial ponds, across Mumbai, with a sea of devotees in attendance.Mumbai's famous Lalbaugcha Raja idol, whose procession started at 11.30am on Thursday, was immersed around 9.15am on Friday, said officials.The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation...

THANE: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has rapped Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) over its eco-friendly idol visarjan claims after a city-based activist sought its intervention by pointing out how the civic body was releasing immersion residue, including floral waste and sludge, from artificial ponds into creeks.Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh, judicial member, and Dr Vijay Kulkarni, expert member of...

THANE: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has rapped the Thane municipal corporation (TMC) over its eco-friendly idol visarjan claims after a city-based activist sought its intervention by pointing out how the corporation was releasing immersion residue, including floral waste and sludge, from artificial ponds into the creeks.Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh, Judicial Member, and Dr Vijay Kulkarni, Expert...

THANE: Thane residents seem to have given thumbs up to eco-friendly visarjan as a majority of the Bappa idols immersed on the fifth day of Ganeshotsav were done in artificial ponds, civic data reveals. As many as 11,536 or around 64% of the total 17,836 Ganpati and Gauri idols including 171 sarvajanik idols immersions were done at the 15 designated artificial ponds while 42 special tanks in the city saw...

THANE: Immersion rituals during Ganeshotsav continued to remain a noisy affair in Thane with sound levels during visarjan processions hitting 100 decibels (dB), anti-noise activist Dr Mahesh Bedekar said on Thursday.Dr Bedekar, who measured the noise levels in various parts of the city, said though the number of processions was lesser this year, the use of amplifiers and speaker walls caused the maximum...