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Surat: Surat district collector has published a notification asking Ganesh pandal organizers not to immerse idols in river Tapi. Big idols can also be immersed in these ponds.”Local BJP leaders feel that if ponds are not dug up on time, people will immerse the idols in the river from different places. The district authorities have issued an order and we will adhere to it. There are many natural lakes in this area and therefore immersion of idols should not be a problem. Wonder why the local authorities had failed to build artificial ponds to facilitate immersion?”.