The Directorate of Education (DoE) Delhi has asked the schools in the national Capital to sensitise students on adverse effects of burning firecrackers. Ahead of the festive season, the DoE has also asked the schools to encourage students to observe pollution-free Diwali.
The Directorate has issued a circular to encourage the students to keep the environment neat and clean and also pollution free. It not only aimed at motivating the students to “Say No to Fire Crackers” but also to encourage them to celebrate a pollution-free Diwali by lighting candles and earthen lamps.
“The festive season of Diwali is marked by heavy use of firecrackers which release toxic pollutants like Sulphur-di-oxide, carbon monoxide and many others which pollute the air and cause serious ailments like asthma, bronchitis, hypertension and cardiovascular problems,” reads the circular issued by Additional Director (Education) Saroj Sain. The air and noise pollution caused by the firecrackers also affects the lives of animals, birds and other living beings, it said.