HYDERABAD, INDIA, august 28, 2022 (Deccan Chronicle): Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation will distribute about 300,000 clay Ganesha statues for free in its zonal offices and all GHMC circles, even as ministers Indrakaran Reddy and Talasani Srinivas Yadav urged people to use the eco-friendly statues for the Ganesh Chaturthi festival that begins on August 31. Mayor Gadwal Vijayalakshmi also appealed to citizens to use clay statues for the celebrations. The distribution program started on Saturday. The zonal commissioners have been instructed to get another 100,000 statues prepared and distribute them.
On Saturday, Indrakaran Reddy and Talasani Srinivas Yadav, under the auspices of Telangana State Pollution Control Board, initiated the distribution of 140,000 clay Ganesha statues at the Secunderabad Ganesh temple. They said statues made of plaster of paris, and the added colors and chemicals were causing severe damage to the environment, and urged people to use clay statues in mandaps as well as houses.
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