15-11-2017, 10:34 AM
Festivals are an integral part of India's rich and diverse cultural heritage. There are many types of festivals in India. Although many have religious origins, others involve seasonal changes or have some cultural significance. In each month many festivals come and fill colours in our life. The various festivals such as Holi, Ganesh Chaturthi, Maa Durga Puja, Deepawali, Eid and Tazia are occasions of great joy and celebrations throughout our country, but with the seasons of the festivals comes pollution. Several types of pollution such as water, air, noise, soil and solid waste are generated in large quantities throughout the country, which adds an even greater burden of pollutants and pollutants to our already polluted environment.
Unfortunately, every year the amount of air pollution and noise caused by the explosion of firecrackers increases in Diwali. Firecrackers release pollutants such as sulfur dioxide, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, etc. in the air, which causes ailments such as asthma and bronchitis. Not only the elderly and patients in hospitals, but also animals and birds are affected by air pollution and noise. Although several schools and organizations organized demonstrations before Diwali to educate the masses in a pollution-free festival, their efforts have been futile. The environmental and pollution departments also received notices published in several newspapers about regulations to control noise and air pollution, but to no avail. According to the indications of the Supreme Court, the banning of sound-emitting firecrackers was prohibited between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. However, surprisingly, the direction was openly ruled out as the firecrackers exploded throughout the night. This caused excessive noise and air pollution. At the receiving end of this threat were the elderly and patients in hospitals.