Question

What are the bad effects of various festivals on the environment

Answer 1

However, knowing that the environment should be clean, healthy and non-polluted, the large scalecelebration of various festivals have degraded the quality of the environment.The practice of immersion of Ganesh idols after the Ganesh festival in various cities is causing severewater pollution which leads to the death of tonnes of fish and many aquatic creatures.The immersion of Durga Statutes during the Durga pooja is also a cause of concern forenvironmentalists. In Orissa alone 5,000 Durga pooja idols are made, most of them using harmfulpaints.Diwali, one of the important festivals in India has the distinction of polluting the environment to thecore. Newborns and aged people have a nightmarish experience because of the high levels of soundcaused by crackers during Diwali. Noise pollution on Diwali is between 69.7 db and 88.3 db whichare higher than the prescribed limit of 50 db. The decibel levels alarmingly high in metros and it mayreach up to 100 db.The government, police, pollution control boards are suggesting many alternative ways to celebratefestivals which does not pollute the environment. Even strict and stringent warnings are also givento public to refrain from bursting crackers such as atom bombs, hydrogen bombs, bullet bombs,

thousand and ten thousand wallas. But it is all solely depend on the “change of mind”.