Eco-Friendly Festival Waste Management
Indian Cities Manage Peaceful Ganesh Immersions While Expanding Eco-Friendly Waste Recycling
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Across several Indian cities, authorities provided designated facilities for Ganesh idol immersions and managed the resulting waste. Navi Mumbai reported 8,573 idols immersed at 189 sites in a peaceful observance, with safety measures including lifeguards, fire crews and CCTV at natural immersion locations. In Cyberabad, 1,19,667 idols had been immersed, while officials collected about 6,000 kilograms of discarded flowers for processing into incense sticks, dhoops and diyas. Ahmedabad arranged 46 temporary tanks at 37 locations to limit pollution from idol immersion and sent 6,811 kilograms of religious material for recycling. Pune recorded 6,77,057 immersions at civic facilities during Ganeshotsav 2026 and collected more than 9 lakh kilograms of festival waste.
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In Navi Mumbai, the 8,573 immersed idols included 8,125 household idols and 448 public idols; the municipal corporation said 1,420 were made of shadu clay.
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Ahmedabad deployed 133 vehicles, including Hydra cranes, as well as 31 JCBs and Bobcats and 80 trucks to transport idols and manage remnants and waste at immersion sites.
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Pune’s municipal corporation reported collecting 7,15,059 kilograms of Nirmalya during the festival, in addition to the total festival waste reported in the summary.
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In Pune, idols immersed in permanent and iron tanks were later taken for respectful re-immersion at a quarry in Wagholi; the civic body also made public paid toilets free to use throughout the festival period.
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