The Times of India 11.08.2012
Make PoP idols, face action: Chandrapur Municipal Corporation to artisans
CHANDRAPUR: With just over a month left for Ganesh festival, newly formed Chandrapur Municipal Corporation (CMC) has moved in to prohibit use and sale of Ganesha idols made of Plaster of Paris
(PoP). Commissioner Prakash Bokad held a meeting of artisans involved
in making of Ganesha idols and warned them to refrain from making or
procuring PoP idols.
"Artisans from Kumbhar community and
others were summoned to the meeting. They were warned not to use PoP to
make Ganesha idols," said commissioner Bokad.
