Source: www.hindu.com
HASANPARTHY, INDIA, September 10, 2010: Students of Sujatha Vidyaniketan prepared 400 Ganesha murtis with the clay brought from the village tank and distributed them among the villagers.
With the view to popularise the use of clay murtis and discourage the plaster-of-paris murtis among the general public and to inculcate a sense of environmental protection among children, the school had taken up the campaign.
Distributing the murtis to the villagers at a function, ZPTC member N. Jhansi Rani stressed the need for protecting the environment. “In the olden days, people used to dig the tank for clay. It helped in de-silting the tank,” she said.