Archive · 26 Aug 2026
GHMC Plans One Lakh Clay Idols For Ganesh Chaturthi
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation plans to give out one lakh idols for Ganesh Chaturthi.
The idols will be distributed from the second week of September.
Residents and groups organizing festival celebrations can receive them.
The idols are made from natural clay.
They also use biodegradable materials and do not have artificial additives.
GHMC staff will distribute them at the circle level.
The city will also create a team to help manage festival arrangements.
This team will respond to problems involving roads, electricity, water, sanitation and emergency services.
The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation will distribute one lakh clay idols for Ganesh Chaturthi.
Distribution is scheduled to begin in the second week of September.
Residents, welfare associations and Ganesh mandap organisers will receive the idols.
The idols are made from natural clay and biodegradable materials without artificial additives.
A coordination system will address festival needs including roads, barricading, cranes, utilities, sanitation and emergency services.
- Who
- The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, its staff, residents, welfare associations and Ganesh mandap organisers.
- What
- Distribution of one lakh natural-clay Ganesha idols and coordination of Ganesh Chaturthi arrangements.
- When
- Distribution will begin in the second week of September.
- Where
- Hyderabad, with distribution handled at the GHMC Circle level.
- Why
- To support Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations and manage related festival services, including nimajjanam.
- Organiser
- Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC)
- Number of idols
- One lakh
- Material
- Natural clay and biodegradable materials
- Additives
- No artificial additives
- Distribution timing
- Second week of September
- Recipients
- Residents, welfare associations and Ganesh mandap organisers
- Coordination areas
- Roads, barricading, cranes, electricity, water supply, sanitation and emergency services