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Kolkata: Amid green activists' demand for a blanket ban on immersion of idols in the Hooghly river, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Friday claimed necessary measures have been taken to contain pollution of the distributary of Ganga. "Since Bijoya Dashami, the first day of immersion, all measures have been taken so that the idols do not melt into river water and every idol is being lifted by crane immediately after immersion," Ghosh said. "We have deployed cranes at all the big ghats of the Hooghly to pick up idols from the river after their immersion to prevent any pollution in the stream. This is being done for past three days to prevent any mix-up of chemicals used for painting the idol with river water," Ghosh said. West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) spokesperson said that data is being collated to ascertain whether there has been any river pollution due to immersion..