Full of filth: That’s how Nagpur’s favourite Futala looks the morning after of Ganapati Visarjan

Pollutants consisting of mainly plastic bags and flowers, recklessly thrown in the Futala Lake, Nagpur. Ironically, just across the road one can see a poster of CM Devendra Fadnavis, where he's appealing to the public to save water!

SPARE ME PLEASE! A Lord Ganesha idol with broken hands, lying on a pile of garbage at Futala Lake, Nagpur

WHOM SHOULD I ASK FOR HELP? A Shiv Lingam floating on Futala Lake, Nagpur, which is covered with garbage and filth

Residues of Ganesha idols removed from Futala Lake, Nagpur, after the immersion

Waste of flowers, wooden boxes, plastic bags and thermocol decorations thrown carelessly in Futala lake, Nagpur

SAVE ME! A Ganesha idol lying of the floor after it was pulled out of Futala Lake, Nagpur

KILLED IN THE NAME OF CELEBRATIONS: A dead fish and a Ganesha idol pulled out of Futala Lake, Nagpur, after the immersion

Students of Dr Ambedkar College, along with their faculties Dr Archana Meshram and Shubhash Somukar, took part in the cleaning process at Futala Lake, Nagpur

THIS IS HOW IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN: A clean Ambazari Lake in Nagpur, brimming with fresh water, even after the Ganapati immersion, as all the idols were immersed here in the artificial tanks kept near the lake

Pollutants consisting of mainly plastic bags and flowers, recklessly thrown in the Futala Lake, Nagpur. Ironically, just across the road one can see a poster of CM Devendra Fadnavis, where he's appealing to the public to save water!

SPARE ME PLEASE! A Lord Ganesha idol with broken hands, lying on a pile of garbage at Futala Lake, Nagpur

WHOM SHOULD I ASK FOR HELP? A Shiv Lingam floating on Futala Lake, Nagpur, which is covered with garbage and filth

Residues of Ganesha idols removed from Futala Lake, Nagpur, after the immersion

Waste of flowers, wooden boxes, plastic bags and thermocol decorations thrown carelessly in Futala lake, Nagpur

SAVE ME! A Ganesha idol lying of the floor after it was pulled out of Futala Lake, Nagpur

KILLED IN THE NAME OF CELEBRATIONS: A dead fish and a Ganesha idol pulled out of Futala Lake, Nagpur, after the immersion

Students of Dr Ambedkar College, along with their faculties Dr Archana Meshram and Shubhash Somukar, took part in the cleaning process at Futala Lake, Nagpur

THIS IS HOW IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN: A clean Ambazari Lake in Nagpur, brimming with fresh water, even after the Ganapati immersion, as all the idols were immersed here in the artificial tanks kept near the lake

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