Locals blame religious rituals carried out at tank, say civic body should have police to protect water and aquatic life

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has begun removing dead fish from the Banganga Tank in Walkeshwar, along with seven truckloads of floral waste and other religious offerings. To mitigate any more fish deaths, the civic body is seeking to replenish oxygen levels in the tank water and has set up dewatering pumps to clean the water.

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The issue came to light after images of dead fish floating in the tank water surfaced on Tuesday, in the aftermath of the rituals that take place at the Banganga Tank annually as part of Pitru Paksha . Prayers are performed as part of religious rituals on Sarva Pitri Amavasya, which marks the end of the 15-day period

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