The Pollution Control Board and the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, have advised the people of Telangana to celebrate an eco-friendly Diwali.
The Board, in a notification, listed the environmental hazards that crackers brought to our ecosystem.
Fireworks emit smoke, fine inflammable particles and toxic chemicals that posed health hazards including respiratory diseases, injuries to the eye and other parts of the body, hearing impairment, insomnia, hypertension, stress, palpitation etc., and also caused distress to animals.