"SAY NO TO CRAKERS" OATH TAKEN BY COLLEGE STUDENTS IN NAGAON,ASSAM,INDIA

SAY “NO” TO CRACKERS BY STUDENTS IN
NAGAON

Nagaon:15th October 2009 : Deepavali, one of the festival celebrated all
over the country by Hindu people. Deepavali means different things to people
of different states of the country, in keeping with the different legends
associated with this festival of light and sound. Irrespective of the reason
behind the celebration, the spirit of Deepavali comes alive through
illuminating sparklers and loud crackers. The celebration of Deepavali
starts after Laxmi Puja and the wholesale and retail sales of crackers
starts 15 days before Deepavali. The sound of crackers and rows of candle
lights decorate the festival. But now-a day it is usually noticed that
people pay less interest in lights and its become their pleasure to burn
costly crackers. The huge sound that emits from those crackers are really
disturbing and it also cause air pollution too. The interest of crackers are
usually found among the teenagers or youths. But when the youths will come
out to check this pollution then we can say that 75% of this problem is
tackled.
Today, the students of Nowgong college in Nagaon, a city of north
eastern Indian state Assam took oath that they are not going to pollute the
atmosphere with crackers. They all decided to light the earthen lamp to
decorate the Deepavali festival. They also urge the people to come forward
to support and to save the environment being polluted with the crackers. The
students of Nowgong college gathered and at around 11.30 am in the morning
they pledged that they will avoid using the crackers this Deepavali.

From : Diganta Talukdar