Raritan river 9/13/16:

[AndyS]

Johnson Park, Piscataway. Walked the river banks on the out going tide this morning. Found no shortage of Ganesha, along with jewelry boxes, all sorts of fruit, flowers and a make shift shrine that I dismantled. I had to bring everything home to sort it all out. The Ganesha in the middle was an absolute BEAST !! I wasn't sure if I was going to be able to carry it to my truck it was so heavy. All along the banks were remnants of decomposing Ganesha. Found one made out of Play-Doh, that was a first. I grabbed as many as I could, I'm sure I missed a few along the way.

[Skunk City]

Glad you kept your limit :p.

[liveitup1.75liter]

Hats off to Andy!!! That guy does more in 1 day then state workers do all year!!!

[Mark B.]

Suma Foods sponsors a legal event, with all the necessary permits, there. The deities are only immersed in the river & not left.

http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07ed2ttujk6846c36b&llr=n4i5p8dab

I spoke to Suma Foods, & as I suspected, individuals not associated with the above event are the polluters.

Not unlike the individual NJ anglers whom trash our waters with discarded fishing line, worm containers, etc.

Suma Foods said, “We want these polluters punished”. They are going to contact Middlesex Co. & request stepped up patrolling of Johnson Park this month.

[dakota560]

Just call Trump and have him build a wall....problem solved!

[AndyS]

Yes there is a controlled event stating "Please note that due to the environmental concerns the permission is granted only to dip the murti in the river and then taken out for recycling. Also this will be done by authorized personnel only. Individual persons are not allowed to enter the river waters."

I think like any religion there is a hard core sect.

[sonic]

Way to go Mark B! An ounce of prevention is worth a troy of cure.
Hey according to water pollution control rules the deposition of such materials in a water way is a discharge and the violators should be fined. Also there probably is a violation associated with the deposition of solid waste which could be applied to such actions. Good thing they aren't constructed of glass.

[Chrisper4694]

am i allowed to laugh at this...

[AndyS]

You can laugh next year when the Raritan river looks like this >

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFDUTLDSQJw

[tycomps]

Yes there is a controlled event stating "Please note that due to the environmental concerns the permission is granted only to dip the murti in the river and then taken out for recycling. Also this will be done by authorized personnel only. Individual persons are not allowed to enter the river waters."

I think like any religion there is a hard core sect.

hopefully this will catch on- "Due to environmental concerns, a number of families now avoid bodies of water and let the clay statue disintegrate in a barrel of water at home. After a few days, the clay is spread in the home garden."

[NJSquatch]

Is this a problem anywhere else in the state?

[AndyS]

Close to Edison NJ, they like the Raritan river for some odd reason.

[Esox Luciano]

Is this a problem anywhere else in the state?

Oddly enough I don't see this on the Passaic. Only bags of fruit/veggies with a bird carcass in the mix! It's definitely been a problem on the Hackensack River and also Overpeck Creek though!! I almost kicked some ******* off a bridge last week for tossing a can in my dirty river...what do you say to ppl who do this crap and not have to think if it will get physical or not!?!

[Mark B.]

The Ganesha in the middle was an absolute BEAST !!

Andy, hollow out the beast Ganesha & poke holes in its eyes.

Take it back to the banks of the Raritan & crawl inside to observe the polluters.

Occaisionally say, in an ominous voice: "This is Gansehamerica, do not leave

replicas of me, or any other offerings, in or on the banks of this, or any other

water ways of this country. Failure to abide by this edict, will result in bad luck

for you, and all of your descendants until the end of time!"

[sonic]

I like Mark B's idea!
If nothing else could make an awesome Halloween costume.

[NJSquatch]

obviously this is a cultural thing...when you come from a place where this is acceptable...Hopefully with outreach and education will put an end to it...

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/IndiaPollution.jpg

http://www.livemint.com/rf/Image-621x414/LiveMint/Period1/2013/08/20/Photos/Yamuna--621x414.jpg

[Chrisper4694]

andy, hollow out the beast ganesha & poke holes in its eyes.

Take it back to the banks of the raritan & crawl inside to observe the polluters.

Occaisionally say, in an ominous voice: "this is gansehamerica, do not leave

replicas of me, or any other offerings, in or on the banks of this, or any other

water ways of this country. Failure to abide by this edict, will result in bad luck

for you, and all of your descendants until the end of time!"

hahahaha

[Mark B.]

Johnson Park Fishing Outfit: 4 arms allow the use of 2 rods.

[Jigman13]

Andy, hollow out the beast Ganesha & poke holes in its eyes.

Take it back to the banks of the Raritan & crawl inside to observe the polluters.

Occaisionally say, in an ominous voice: "This is Gansehamerica, do not leave

replicas of me, or any other offerings, in or on the banks of this, or any other

water ways of this country. Failure to abide by this edict, will result in bad luck

for you, and all of your descendants until the end of time!"

Now that's comedy...

[Rich196]

WOW.. Something really needs to be done with this crap. GREAT JOB ANDY!!! We need way more people like you.