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Sunday, Aug 27, 2006

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Idol immersion: cranes to be deployed at tanks

Staff Reporter

They will be stationed at Sankey, Yediyur and Ulsoor lakes

Bangalore: This time around, Bangaloreans will not be allowed to immerse Ganesh idols in lakes themselves; a machine will help you do that.

The Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) will station a crane at each of the three lakes in the city — Sankey, Yediyur and Ulsoor. Large and medium-sized idols, with a height minimum of 3 ft, will be placed on a specially created crane operated platform to help in the immersion of the idols directly into the section of the lake, reserved for it. Divers around the immersion pond will help facilitate the exercise.

This initiative from the BMP comes after a man died in an accident during immersion last year. The Lakes Development Authority has also cautioned people against getting into lakes and tanks to immerse idols and avoid accidents.

The cranes will function from August 27 to August 29. However, it could be extended if the number of people coming to immerse the idols is significant on other days. Mayor Mumtaz Begum and Deputy Mayor M. Lakshminarayana inspected the crane at Ulsoor Lake on Saturday.

Stating that the idea of having cranes was good, Ms. Begum said it would help in the orderly immersion of idols.

The cranes are on hire and it will cost the civic body about Rs. 20,000 every day.

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