As we all know Deepavali is one of the important festivals celebrated by people of our country. It is celebrated with lights to commemorate the victory of Lord Krishna for defeating Narakasura.
During Deepavali along with wearing of new clothes and distribution of sweets, bursting of crackers and colourful lights has become customary for many generations to show the happiness.
However, bursting of fire crackers has severe deleterious effects on our health like causing deafness both temporary and permanent, depending on the intensity of noise they generate. In a public interest litigation filed in Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, the Hon’ble Supreme Court during 2005 has given an important and landmark Judgment.
According to the Judgment, bursting of sound emitting firecrackers has been banned from 10 PM to 6 AM and restriction has been made on the manufacturing of sound emitting crackers.
Also the Hon’ble Court has directed to create awareness among the public and student community regarding sound pollution due to bursting of crackers. In a similar petition filed in 2015, the Hon’ble Supreme Court in its order dated October.2015 has again reiterated earlier directions for effective compliance.
Therefore, as per the orders of Hon’ble Supreme Court, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board creates awareness among the public and student community regarding the sound pollution and its ill effects due to bursting of sound emitting crackers and also to celebrate Deepavali without any fire accident. As in previous years, this year also TNPCB has proposed to conduct an intensive awareness campaign in all zones of Chennai city and in all the Districts during Deepavali about the environmental effects due to bursting of firecrackers. The Board has also proposed to conduct Ambient Air Quality and Ambient Noise Level survey on Pre-Deepavali day and on Deepavali day in Chennai city and other major towns viz. Madurai, Salem Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Dindigul, Trichy, Hosur, Cuddalore, Vellore and Tiruppur.
Further the following directions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India are to be strictly adhered by the fire crackers manufacturers, retailers, shop keepers and general public.
During Deepavali along with wearing of new clothes and distribution of sweets, bursting of crackers and colourful lights has become customary for many generations to show the happiness.
However, bursting of fire crackers has severe deleterious effects on our health like causing deafness both temporary and permanent, depending on the intensity of noise they generate. In a public interest litigation filed in Hon’ble Supreme Court of India, the Hon’ble Supreme Court during 2005 has given an important and landmark Judgment.
According to the Judgment, bursting of sound emitting firecrackers has been banned from 10 PM to 6 AM and restriction has been made on the manufacturing of sound emitting crackers.
Also the Hon’ble Court has directed to create awareness among the public and student community regarding sound pollution due to bursting of crackers. In a similar petition filed in 2015, the Hon’ble Supreme Court in its order dated October.2015 has again reiterated earlier directions for effective compliance.
Therefore, as per the orders of Hon’ble Supreme Court, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board creates awareness among the public and student community regarding the sound pollution and its ill effects due to bursting of sound emitting crackers and also to celebrate Deepavali without any fire accident. As in previous years, this year also TNPCB has proposed to conduct an intensive awareness campaign in all zones of Chennai city and in all the Districts during Deepavali about the environmental effects due to bursting of firecrackers. The Board has also proposed to conduct Ambient Air Quality and Ambient Noise Level survey on Pre-Deepavali day and on Deepavali day in Chennai city and other major towns viz. Madurai, Salem Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Dindigul, Trichy, Hosur, Cuddalore, Vellore and Tiruppur.
Further the following directions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India are to be strictly adhered by the fire crackers manufacturers, retailers, shop keepers and general public.