Ganesh

"It hurts when you see your god lying in bits and pieces. We don't have the right to mess with our environment for the sake of a festival,"

With the public becoming increasingly conscious about the fragile state of the environment, many are doing their bit to ensure that they only opt for eco-friendly idols and decorations. Taking this thought forward, many mandals have also decided to join the bandwagon and go green.

Neighbourhood Woof is an NGO started by Ayesha Christina, nearly four years ago. Ayesha not only has immense love for the canines but says she cannot remember a time when she lived without dogs in the house.

The consistently high returns from growing pomegranates in Maharashtra, the epicentre of the fruit’s production in India, have seen many farmers adopt it over water-guzzling crops such as sugarcane and cotton. Hiren Kumar Bose takes a closer look.

Concerned about water pollution, five school kids from Kalkeri village in the Gadag district of Karnataka, convinced village residents to use idols made of eco-friendly materials only. This is how.