Nagpur Municipal Corportion has appealed to the people and sarvajanik mandals to immerse idols of Goddess Durga in the artificial tanks prepared at Gandhisagar and Sonegaon lake.
Dayashankar Tiwari, the Mayor, said on Thursday that the corporation has imposed ban on immersion of Durga idols in the lakes and hence it prepared artificial tanks at the above said places.
He pointed out that NMC has made arrangement for celebrating festival in eco-friendly way. It had created artificial tanks at different places during Ganesh festival as the number of idols for immersion was higher. He also appealed to the people/mandals to put used flowers/garlands and other waste/dried materials in the special dustbins.