Telangana HC rejects govt’s plea to permit PoP Ganesh idol immersion in Hussian Sagar

Telangana High Court on Monday turned down the plea of the State government to permit immersion of Ganesh idols made of Plaster of Paris (PoP) in Hussain Sagar and other lakes for this year.Observing

Telangana High Court on Monday turned down the plea of the State government to permit immersion of Ganesh idols made of Plaster of Paris (PoP) in Hussain Sagar and other lakes for this year. Observing that “HC cannot permit pollution of water by allowing immersion of PoP idols”, a bench of Acting Chief Justice M.S. Ramachandra Rao and Justice T. Vinod Kumar rejected an interlocutory application filed by GHMC Commissioner seeking modification of the bench’s order issued on the matter four days ago. Despite repeated requests from Special Government Pleader (SGP) Harender Prashad to permit PoP Ganesh idol immersion in Hussain Sagar “for this year”, the bench made it clear that it was “not inclined to modify the order”.