Idol immersion guidelines
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 04 2011:
Citing guidelines of the central Pollution Control Board with regard to immersion of idols of Durga Pujah/Panthoibi, Manipur Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has advised festival organisers against immersion of idols in the river.
Pointing out that paints and clothes used in making/decorating the idols contain poisonous substances, MPCB Member Secretary in a statement said immersion of the idols will pollute the water bodies.
Appealing to the festival organisers to extend cooperation to the Board in preserving the water bodies, the statement advised that the idols may be immersed in the river momentarily but removed out of it and kept on the river bank .