IS  BANNING   THE    SALE   OF   CRACKERS   IN   DELHI    ENOUGH

( This photo shared here is courtesy of a top Delhi Lung specialist /NDTV )

No prizes for guessing from where the blackish lungs on the right come from - of course from Delhi ( and  yes the lungs of an ordinary citizen , a non smoker ).

In this light , not merely Supreme Court's ban on crackers , Much much more is required . 

As Dr A Kumar of Gangaram hospital says 'there is an undeclared Health emergency in Delhi.' Now  this is not merely due to Diwali crackers  on which the Supreme Court imposed a ban on 9th Oct 17  but the cumulative result of all sources of dangerous biospheric destruction that  is collectively aggrandizing children and infirm / vulnerable people  extremely rapaciously. 

CAUSATIVE AGENTS 

   Of course Indian  festivals are without ratiocination  singlularly  inane and splurge on irrational celebrations of filthy lucre without any care for the community health ; stubble burning of crop residues fin Haryana / Punjab ,  unending vehicular pollution, the endemic   dust , smouldering fires at waste landfills all around the periphery of Delhi , the absolute environmental lawlessness in t he National Capital Region  et al.  just adds to the apathy  of the bureaucratic mindless-less and their non-implementation of extant rules that already are in the rule book.

RESULTS

             Are evident to anyone. Children and senior citizens wheezing / gasping for breath , the increase in respiratory illnesses , cardio vascular problems , increase in a variety of  flu / contagious viral strains / fevers like chikengunia , Dengue , bird flu / swine flu and what have you - there is a general sense of unease . It's pretty well known that if you are cursed to live your life in Delhi , one shortens one's life span on an average by ten years. Could be more ... as no scientific studies have accurately measured.

 CAN THAT EVER BE STOPPED ? 

 Where ' s the will ?