Yeoor Environmental Society (YES) has registered a strong complaint to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), and the District Administration, warning of contempt of court proceedings if authorities fail to prevent pollution of Banganga Lake and other natural water bodies during Pitrupaksha/Sarvapitri Amavasya rituals.

Despite repeated incidents of mass fish deaths at Banganga Lake for several consecutive years following ritual waste immersion, authorities have not enforced a clear ban, even though multiple court orders, including the Supreme Court’s Ganga pollution case (M.C. Mehta) and Bombay High Court’s Ganesh Idol Immersion orders (2018), explicitly prohibit dumping of ritual waste into natural lakes, creeks, and rivers.