Pune: The National Green Tribunal in Pune has issued notices to various departments of the Maharashtra government in an EIL to ban releasing drinking water from dams for Lord Ganesha idols' immersion, an activist said in Pune on Tuesday.

The notices have been issued to the state government, collector, Pune Municipal Commissioner, irrigation department, police commissioner, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board and others whose officials have been directed to remain present before the National Green Tribunal (NGT), Western Zone Bench, on Thursday in the matter.