Hundreds of fish found dead in Mumbai’s Banganga Tank after Pitru Paksha rituals, linked to pollution from food offerings and toxic water contamination. |Activists have urged the civic body to take urgent steps to prevent the deaths of hundreds of fish in the historic Banganga tank in Walkeshwar after the Pitru Paksha rituals. The civic body carried out an immediate cleaning of the tank, removing the dead fish. Anything else turns into poison if not followed.”Locals’ PerspectiveLocals said the incident has been recurring for decades, though the number of dead fish reduced significantly this year. Residents complained that the stench of dead fish makes the precinct unbearable.