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Nagpur: Going by the extensive use of artificial tanks for idol immersion this season, the constant hammering about environment protection seems to have borne fruit. After keeping the idol in the artificial tank for a while, he took it out. “We have to take such measures if we want to save our lakes,” he said. “More encouraging was the fact that our volunteers did not have to convince people to do so,” says Kaustav Chatterjee, the NGO founder.The Amravati Road side remains unmanned and, though artificial tanks are placed, there is nobody to control or guide those immersing in the lake. The number of idols immersed in artificial tanks at Futala lake has risen from a measly 329 in 2016 to a heartening 610 after the fifth day of immersion on Monday.According to figures compiled by voluntary organization Green Vigil, which is manning the Air Force side of the lake, the total number of idols immersed was 618 of which 610 were placed in the artificial tanks..