Diwali is a very popular festival among Hindus and is celebrated in India and neighboring countries with great joy on the 13th day of dark fortnight of the month of Ashvin. The festival totally symbolizes a victory of good over evil.

But the negative aspect of this festival is firecrackers. Diwali is a holy festival that brings joy, peace and happiness. It is a festival of lights, not of fumes and firecrackers. But we play it in the wrong way. Just to celebrate happiness, we burn thousand crores of rupees that brings devastating results as sound and air pollution. Instead of that, we can donate that money to orphans, feed a large number of hungers and can even donate it to our country so that our engineers and scientist do not lack budget. This will actually help us to improve our lifestyle and standard.

Report says, One Diwali night pollutes a city as much as it gets polluted in a whole year. By bursting crackers, we are emitting poisonous gasses like SO2, CO2 and CO and eventually we will be inhaling these gasses which will cause serious disease and problems to our health. Even the firecracker-garbage contains toxic chemicals like phosphorous and ammonium nitrate. These fire-crackers also produce immense sounds causing sound pollution. Apart from that, the loud sound is not good for newly born babies and old people. In the time of this global pandemic when the nature was finally healing and COVID cases are gradually decreasing, it is our duty to ensure we don't go back to square one.

India burns more than 600 crore rupees every year on Deepavali. As a responsible citizen of India, we need to rethink on what we are doing. So, this Diwali, say no to crackers and say yes to healthy breathing air, health of animals and a pollution free environment!