Costly clay made idol dampen spirit of eco-friendly festival

No doubt, people are influenced with the eco-friendly campaigns being taken out by NGOS and government but skyrocketing price of clay made idols distracting the celebrators.

When government and everyone is promoting eco-friendly celebration, they should also work towards price control of such idols. A normal size clay made idols are being sold for Rs 2000 or 3000 while PoP pieces are available for Rs 200 or 300. 

Despite ban and several awareness programmes, people prefer to get Ganesha idol sculpted with Plaster of Paris (PoP) just because of low cost and better designing. Many shopkeepers are also trying to mislead the shoppers by selling PoP idols on name of clay. As many people do not recognise the originality of clay made idols, shopkeepers are promoting PoP idols by saying that it is made with mixture of clay and PoP.  

I also agree that clay and it’s designing cost huge to the artist but what about the middle class families having fixed budget for the festival.