Hyderabad, Sept. 5 -- The Bhagyanagar Ganesh Utsav Samithi on Monday warned the Telangana government against stopping the immersion of Ganesh idols. It said that it will go ahead with the immersion of Ganesh idols in the Hussain Sagar on September 9 (Friday), as it is 'Ananta Chaturdashi'.

"The state government has assured all necessary arrangements will be made at the Tank Bund and Necklace Road for immersion of idols in Hussain Sagar. No such arrangement is made anywhere. Immersion of idols is a sacred practice and at dirty ponds or untidy water bodies it cannot be done because it is a matter of religious practice and belief," said Bhagyanagar Ganesh Utsav Samithi general secretary, Dr. Bhagwanth Rao.

He said that there was some confu...