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Dr Harsh Vardhan Desires “Silent Diwali” Noise Pollution Free And Eco Friendly Diwali

Dr Harsh Vardhan ,Minister of Health and Family Welfare,Desires “Silent Diwali”Eco Friendly Diwali He Says ” cultural sentiments should not cause suffering of people,
Union Minister Writes to Delhi L-G to implement cracker ban+ sensitise people
Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Health Minister, has urged Mr Najeeb Jung, Lieutenant-Governor of Delhi, to ensure that the nation’s capital celebrates a “silent Diwali” this year.
The Minister, in an email to the LG, stated that noise-pollution free Diwalis are fast becoming the norm in many parts of the country.
A Supreme Court order of July 2005 had banned the bursting of fire crackers in residential areas, he pointed out.
He wrote, “The implementation of the apex Court’s order has been practically absent in Delhi. Some state governments have been quite successful in ensuring quietness in the revelries.
Dr Harsh Vardhan unequivocally rejected the position of apologists saying, “Many excuses have been offered by administrations of the past for Delhi’s general disregard (of the Supreme Court’s order). The reasons advanced vary from “cultural” to “police insufficiency”. These are all unacceptable.”
The Minister, who has already announced that he is in the process of constituting an expert group to recommend nation-wide measures to prevent noise pollution, recalled progressive governments cannot reconcile cultural sentiments with the suffering of people, especially children and old people.
He pointed out to the L-G, “Firecrackers which sell under a variety of names lead to noise pollution which causes many physical diseases for people of all age groups. Small children and senior children are traumatized the most during the Diwali season because of the tendency to burst loud crackers is most manifested during the night. Many psychological disorders are also caused.”
Dr Harsh Vardhan recalled from his three decades of experience as a practising ENT surgeon in Delhi, how cases of traumatic perforation of the ear drums tended to show a distinct increase in the aftermath of Diwali. Apart from that there are many burn cases and eye injuries, he noted.