Ground Report: BMC Launches Clean-Up After Thousands Of Fish Die In Mumbai's Historic Banganga Tank

The brief

Thousands of fish have died in the historic Banganga tank at Malabar Hill in Mumbai during Pitrupaksha rituals carried out since 26 September. The immersion of worship items and ritual offerings following Pind Daan Puja is suspected to have raised pollution levels in the water, depleting dissolved oxygen and causing large-scale fish deaths. A foul smell from the decaying fish prompted the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corpo…