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The "combined persuasion" of festival organisers has ensured that the central government's ban on plaster of paris for making moortis is yet to take effect. Naresh Dahibawkar, president of the Brihanmumbai Sarvajanik Ganeshotsav Samanvay Samiti, said, "We had approached BJP leader Ashish Shelar to intervene. We said the central government should have consulted all stakeholders before formulating such an important policy." "In the absence of a viable alternative for mass manufacturing Ganesh idols, mandals will be bereft of idols and moortikars will permanently lose their livelihood after an...

GSB Wadala's 18 inch idol MUMBAI: Preparations are afoot to celebrate the festival of Lord Ganesh's birth or Maghi Ganeshotsav which falls Monday, February 15. Aside from mandals which regularly install idols this time of year, a clutch of mainstream mandals which could not organise Bhadrapad Ganeshotsav 2020 amid the Covid-19 lockdown are also planning short celebrations. "The number of households and mandals who will celebrate Maghi will rise this year as they seek to make up for the cancellation of Ganeshotsav last August-September," said Naresh Dahibawkar, chairman of the Brihanmumbai S...

GSB Wadala's 18 inch idol MUMBAI: Preparations are afoot to celebrate the festival of Lord Ganesh's birth or Maghi Ganeshotsav which falls Monday, February 15. Aside from mandals which regularly install idols this time of year, a clutch of mainstream mandals which could not organise Bhadrapad Ganeshotsav 2020 amid the Covid-19 lockdown are also planning short celebrations. "The number of households and mandals who will celebrate Maghi will rise this year as they seek to make up for the cancellation of Ganeshotsav last August-September," said Naresh Dahibawkar, chairman of the Brihanmumbai S...

Lord Ganesh idols: Union ministry defers ban on PoPs once again BL Soni The ministry of environment and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on Tuesday for the second time, has deferred the ban on Plaster of Paris (PoP) used for making Lord Ganesh idols. Earlier in May 2020, the CPCB had announced a ban on the usage of PoPs for the making of Ganesh idols. However, owing to the pandemic outbreak and immense loss faced by the sculptors, Prakash Javadekar, minister of environment had deferred the ban till December 31. Ahead of the Maghi Ganapati (Ganesh Jayanti) celebrations to be held on Febr...