Dombivli - A deteriorating condition of the environment has now taken a toll on even Lord Ganesha as air pollution from local chemical factories has allegedly blackened an idol of Lord Ganesha in Dawdi locality here.
According to information, Om Sai Mitra Mandal has been celebrating Ganeshotsav from last 11 years at Tukaram Square in Dawdi locality. The office-bearers of this Mandal has brought Ganesh idols on September 10. The plastic wrapped on the idol was not even removed due to decoration in the pandal. On the day of Ganesh Chaturthi (September 13), the idol was installed and worshipped with full zeal.
The Mandal office-bearers observed that the idol was getting blackened with every passing day. They immediately summoned the artist who painted the idol again. But within 24 hours, the idol got blacken again. The artist has claimed that he sold seven idols in the area and no other idol got blackened except the one at Dawdi’s Om Sai Mitra Mandal. He expressed the possibility of pollution being responsible for this incident.
The local people who have been suffering from air and water pollution due to local chemical industries have alleged that the State government’s inefficient machinery is responsible for pollution-related problems in Dombivli.
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