Darkness of lightning Diwali

The diyas lit on the moonless Diwali night signifies the end of darkness of ignorance and the beginning of light that enlightens all. 

Our traditional use firecrackers in Diwali cause of reasons, possible reason and a more scientific one for lightning firecrackers Is that the fumes produced by them kill insects and Mosquitos found after the rain.

But now people use firecrackers in am amount that it harming the mankind, environment, increasing the pollution.

"Say 'No' to Fire crackers and 'Yes' to life!" 

For most people lighting of firecrackers is the highlight of Diwali. Brighter the sparkles, louder the noise the greater the thrill!! In fact to many of us, these aesthetic forms of light seem so appropriate and most essential when celebrating the 'Festival of Lights'. 

But little do people realize that in our increasingly populated and polluted cities, the temporary joy of watching the firecrackers is soon replaced by the intense air pollution caused by these. The toxic substances used in the firecrackers release toxic gases that are harmful to the health of all living beings. The high level of noise generated by the crackers cause immense suffering to birds and animals. Besides, Diwali crackers are dreaded by the sick and the ailing. 

Sadly, few of us realise that the firecrackers used on Diwali are mostly made by very young children. Since the substances being handled are extremely toxic many of these child labourers get sick and die in their early teenage years. 

Chemical.          Impact

Copper              Irritation of respiratory tract

Cadmium          Anemia and damage to kidney

Lead                  Affects the nervous system

Magnesium     Its dust and fumes cause metal fume fever

Sodium.            Reacts violently with moisture and can attack the skin

Zinc                   Leads to vomiting

Nitrate             Could lead to mental impairment

Nitrite.             Could lead to coma

From the Financial view it is wrong to spread smoke of crackers costing millions of rupees, in the atmosphere crackers worth Rs. 50 crores are burst only in the State of Andhra Pradesh and this is a figure taken from the date of 2012. The present turnover of crackers has gone up to more than Rs. 1000 crores and must have crossed thousands of crores in whole of the country. Is it right to spread smoke of millions of rupees in the atmosphere for celebrating Diwali festival?  

From the phycological point perversion created among small children due to crackers : Today’s children enjoy frightening a beggar by bursting ‘atom bomb’ near him to scare him rather than giving him some food. This is a mental perversion created by crackers.  

Make children take oath in schools that they would not burst crackers. Students from few schools in Mumbai had taken such oath before start of Diwali vacation that they would not burst crackers during Diwali.

Parents! Tell your children that child labour is used in manufacturing of crackers and explain to them why crackers should not be burst !: In the city of crackers in India, i.e. in Shivkashi in the State of Tamil Nadu, child labour is mainly employed in manufacture of crackers. The continuous hard work in factories and pollution due to poisonous gas affects these children’s life very badly hampering their growth. Considering the above, parents should motivate their children for boycotting crackers in Diwali.

America : In a developed country like USA, there is a ban on crackers that make noise. Only sparkling noiseless crackers are allowed to be burst but for that also, permission is required to be taken. If crackers are to be burst on a special occasion, special permission is required. Permission is granted only after ensuring that crackers would be burst at a place away from residential area and would not pose any kind of danger to anyone. It is also seen whether fire-brigade’s service is available at such place. Do we take such safety measures?

Only major citizens are allowed to purchase crackers in countries like New Zealand, Italy, France, Belgium etc. It is necessary that in India too, such law is passed.

This articles endeavours to sensitise the readers towards celebrating an environmentally safe Diwali by pointing out the major impacts that Diwali has on our environment. It is hoped that this articles will encourage you to celebrate a green Diwali, where there will be an explosion of joy without crackers! Please don't invest the money to pollute the environment. I completely avoided the firecrackers from two years, to motivate to the people first I need to change myself. I hope at least one person will realise the effects of firecrackers and celebrate the green Diwali for next year by seeing this post.

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