Ganesha idol hit by hammer, axe!

 POP Ganapa which does not dissolve in the lake; BBMP personnel scramble to break the idol

 Ganesha idol hit by hammer, axe!

Kere Manjunath ಕೆರೆ ಮಂಜುನಾಥ್ 

 Bengaluru: The Ganesha idols which were worshiped with devotion and carried in a procession from Sadagara and dissolved are being given 'pettu' with hammer and ax.

 Big idols made of other materials including POP are not soluble even in lake water. In the days after the discharge, the staff who have to clean the lake, inevitably have to break the idols.

 Despite many awareness programs and confiscation of stocks of POP idols in some places, the use of POP idols for worship in the city did not stop even this time. Although BBMP has requested many times to worship eco-friendly idols, some organizations are not giving recognition to this. That is why, ruins of idols are seen near lakes and Kalyanis.

 The big idols dissolved in Halasuru Lake have not dissolved. Idols are made of materials like fiber and wood including POP. The BBMP personnel, who had taken out these unmelted idols, scrambled to sort out the wreckage of the idol. At last the axe, hammer and cranes roared.

 Cleaning workers used hammers to break the unmelted idols. Even then, the idols that were not crushed were lifted up with the help of cranes and thrown down. However, they did not break.  He got it like chopping wood with an axe. He made many such efforts to separate the wastes like no other.

 "Despite various awareness campaigns, citizens continue to use idols made of POP and insoluble materials. They complain that if they oppose during the installation and dissolution, they will obstruct the religious practice. If citizens realize and use eco-friendly idols, such debris will not remain. We don't have to suffer like this," said a BBMP official who did not want to be named.

'How much sin to us?'

 We also worship Ganesha. Our favorite deity is Ganapa. But, inevitably we have to break idols. We don't know how much sin will come around us,' said the staff working in Halasuru lake.

 Many idols are not soluble in water. The lake needs to be cleaned and they are all removed. If you put all the waste in one place, they will take it away. However, the idols made of POP and other materials are not completely dissolved even after being in water for a couple of days. Breaking them into parts. He said that even if he does not want to do this work, it must be done.